Hello, book lovers!
We're excited to share our August book club pick for 2022 at Brooke County Public Libraries. This month are reading The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.
Our meeting will be held on Thursday, August 25th at 5pm! Meeting will be option virtual and in-person at BCPL.
About the book -
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?
About the author-
Hammett was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland on May 27, 18. He died on January 10, 1961 most famous for his crime and mystery thrillers, many turned into popular Hollwood movies. Also wrote as Peter Collinson, Daghull Hammett, Samuel Dashiell, Mary Jane Hammett. Born as Samuel Dashiell Hammett, he was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in the New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction."
Intrigued by the book? Check out our ebook copy on WV Reads!
https://wvreads.overdrive.com/wvreads-wvlc/content/media/507682
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