The Maltese Falcon-马耳他之鹰

作者：Dashiell Hammett（美国达希尔·哈米特）

书名：The Maltese Falcon《马耳他之鹰》

中文简介：The Maltese Falcon《马耳他之鹰》讲述的是：一日，一名漂亮女子到山姆·史培特的侦探社要求史培特跟踪她妹妹的男朋友，史培特的合伙人阿杰接手处理，怎料当晚两人都被枪击死亡。史培特向该女子追究，该女子自称布丽姬，然后编了一个故事欺骗史培特，史培特压根儿就不信她的说话，只是看在钱的份上才协助她。后来，一名叫开罗的男子找史培特，要求史培特取得布丽姬手上的物品。最后一名叫贾曼的男子介入，才取得布丽姬手上的物品，原来该物品是一件历史宝物，不过这件物件只是一件伪造品，众人最终不欢而散。

英文简介：Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him?