The thin man: Nick and Nora Charles, New York's coolest crime-solving couple, are caught in a complicated web of confused identities and cold-blooded murder when a pretty blonde asks for help finding her father, an eccentric inventor who was once Nick's client. The Maltese falcon: Legendary PI Sam Spade, a loner who follows his own code and the rules of the street, zeros in on his partner's killer and the famous jewel-encrusted bird.

Three novels involving private detectives and shady characters tackle homicide, treachery, and corruption. In the Maltese falcon, after the death of his partner, San Francisco private eye, Sam Spade is dragged into a quest for a priceless statuette. In the Thin man, Nick Charles searches for a wealthy inventor who is the prime suspect in a New York City murder case. In the Red harvest, when Continental Op arrives in the western town of Personville...

Red Harvest - Blackmail runs rampant in a town policed by badged bootleggers in blue who turn a blind eye to protect the Old Man who runs the town. The Dain Curse - A peculiar small-time diamond robbery erupts into a large-scale drama involving murder, a San Francisco cult, and the love-mad man pulling the strings behind it all. The Maltese Falcon - Classic Sam Spade. The detective finds himself in the middle of a worldwide pursuit for a legendary...

"When Secret Agent X-9 premiered in January 1934, King Features could proudly boast that its new adventure strip was written by the world's most famous mystery writer - Dashiell Hammett, the man who virtually invented the hard-boiled detective in such novels as The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, and Red Harvest. The artist chosen was less well-known - at this point, Alex Raymond was merely an uncredited assistant on Tim Tyler's Luck and the humor strip...