Max Allan Collins on Dashiell Hammett, Private Eyes, and Picking Up Where ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Left Off Max Allan Collins has been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and received the lifetime achievement award from the Private Eye Writers of America for his decades-long career. Th…

“[Dashiell] Hammett only tells you what Hammett feels like telling you, and what he thinks you need. Spade doesn’t give you a fucking thing. The central mystery of The Maltese Falcon is not the Maltese Falcon, it’s Sam Spade.” #Mystery #PrivateEyeGenre #MaxAllanCollins
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Book cover for "The Spellman Series" - at top is author's name Lisa Lutz and the four books of her series: #1 The Spellman Files #2 Curse of the Spellmans #3 Revenge of the Spellmans #4 The Spellmans Strike Again

Choose 20 female authors whose work you admire. One author per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

Day 4

Lisa Lutz

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