Return of the Maltese Falcon, Max Allan Collins
Return of the Maltese Falcon, Max Allan Collins
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Return of the Maltese Falcon

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/20/2026

Synopsis

THE GREATEST PRIVATE EYE OF ALL TIME RETURNS TO FINISH THE JOB Legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved—the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake. Now, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Max Allan Collins (author of Road to Perdition) brings closure to this crime classic, reuniting all the surviving members of the original cast alongside femme fatales, crooked collectors, and greedy gangsters for one more thrilling, deadly chase through the streets, wharves, morgues, bars, and back alleys of 1920s San Francisco—and finally answers the question, Whatever became of the Maltese falcon … ?

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. He is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller thrillers and the graphic novel Road to Perdition, basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks. His innovative Quarry novels led to a 2016 Cinemax series. He has completed a dozen posthumous Mickey Spillane mysteries, and wrote the syndicated Dick Tracy series for more than fifteen years. His one-man show, Eliot Ness: An Untouchable Life, was an Edgar Award finalist. He lives in Iowa.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on January 15, 2026

An excellent sequel (continuation) of the original Maltese Falcon novel. It really catches the spirit of Hammet, and the pre-WWII style of hard boiled fiction. The setting of old San Francisco, when the Earthquake was still well within living memory added a lot to the story. An excellent sequel (cont......more

Goodreads review by Jason on January 03, 2026

Those of us who have a long history with Dashiell Hammett's classic THE MALTESE FALCON--whether through the original Black Mask serialization, or the never-out-of-print novel, or the multiple film adaptations--were intensely excited to hear that MWA Grand Master Max Allan Collins (under the publishi......more

Goodreads review by Bookreporter.com on January 11, 2026

It is hard to believe that the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon was based on the only novel that legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett penned featuring Detective Sam Spade. That story left some big questions unanswered, and now Max Allan Collins is returning to that world in an attempt to wrap thing......more

Goodreads review by Bookreporter.com on January 11, 2026

It is hard to believe that the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon was based on the only novel that legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett penned featuring Detective Sam Spade. That story left some big questions unanswered, and now Max Allan Collins is returning to that world in an attempt to wrap thing......more

Goodreads review by Ray on January 10, 2026

It is hard to believe that the classic 1941 film “The Maltese Falcon” starring Humphery Bogart was based on the only novel legendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett wrote featuring detective Sam Spade. That story left some big questions unanswered and now in 2026 author Max Allan Collins is returnin......more

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