Maltese Falcon Society Maltese Falcon Society The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his novel "The Maltese Falcon," and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously since 1982. The Japanese branch of the society presents the Falcon Award, Japan's highest honor in the mystery field, to honor the best hardboiled mystery novel published in Japan. The Maltese Falcon Society was founded in San Francisco on May 20, 1981 by literary historian and biographer
The Way Some People Die alarming rate, a handsome part-time actor found dead in his apartment, a newlywed husband on the lam, a boat piled on the rocks, fast-talking women, everybody with a handout or hidden agenda. This book introduces the second of two cities Ross invented and was to use commonly in his work, Pacific Point, located south of Los Angeles. Anthony Boucher described it as: "The best novel in the tough tradition I've read since "Farewell, My Lovely" and possibly since "The Maltese Falcon"." Dick Lochte wrote: "I'm not sure why I prefer "The Way Some People Die" to" The Moving Target'", the