This volume collects the novel "The Maltese Falcon" and 10 short stories by Dashiell Hammett: "Too Many Have Lived," "They Can Only Hang You Once," "A Man Called Spade," "Afraid of a Gun," "The Assistant Murderer," "House Dick," "Night Shade," "The Judge Laughed Last," "His Brother''s Keeper," and "The Man Who Killed Dan Odams."