This character is Spade’s secretary. She is not afraid of calling him out for doing things, and is one of the few people that can comprehend Samuel’s emotions.

This was a darker-skinned man tasked with finding the Falcon. Hired by Kasper Gutman, this man also tried to work with Spade. Though the character was not entirely prevalent in the novel, he had some odd dealings in the story.

What ship burned down after its arrival that led Spade to know where the falcon was?

This is the main character of the story.

Iva Archer was out of her house the night that Miles Archer and Floyd Thursby was killed.

This character was a very large man. Focused on retrieving the Falcon, this character has hired other people, such as Joel Cairo and Brigid O’Shaunessy.

This woman was Miles Archer’s wife, who was suspected of killing her husband or Floyd out of love for Samuel Spade. Sid Wise, Spade’s lawyer later found out that she was innocent.

What did Spade receive as a result of the death of Captain Jacobi?

This was a hotel detective that Samuel Spade used in the story to find out the whereabouts of Joel Cairo.
(Hint: His name starts with an L)

Miles Archer was found in a dark alley, overcoat buttoned, pistol in its holster.

This man is Spade’s lawyer. Spade used this man to find that Iva Archer was busy the night that her husband died. This lawyer is also very good at getting Spade out of tricky situations with law enforcement.

This character was a very attractive woman who came to Spade first. She continued to hide details from Spade throughout the novel, and was later revealed to kill Miles Archer. She believed that she had a relationship with Samuel, who later rejected her.

What two people were killed that set the story in motion?

A hater of Samuel Spade, this man was a detective working for San Francisco. In fact, this man got into a fight with Spade and one. Samuel tried his best to keep this man off his trail.

The ship, La Paloma, was burned down after shots were fired inside of it. Brigid, Joel, and Kasper also left at the appearance of this ship.

This man was Samuel’s partner, who was killed at the beginning of the story. It was later learned that Spade did not like him.

This character was a sketchy gunman from out of town. His presence set the story in motion, as Spade was asked to follow him. He was believed to be the killer of Miles Archer, and was killed by Wilmer Cook.

The meeting with this character allowed Samuel to fully learn about the Falcon and the situation he was in.

This man was a detective working for the San Francisco Police Department. While on somewhat-good terms with Spade, this man tried his best to solve the mystery with the limited information Spade gave him.

Brigid wrapped her arms around Spade before he was going to hand off the Falcon to Gutman.

This man was the captain of La Paloma. He brought the Maltese Falcon to Samuel Spade shortly before his death. Killed by Wilmer, the reader was not able to get a lot of information on this man.

This young man is a highly skilled gunman. Killing three of the four people in this story, this man is very competent and followed Spade, Brigid, and Cairo around throughout the story.

In the end, this surprising fact was found about the falcon.

This man was a hotel detective in the story that Spade used for information. Working at the hotel where Brigid lived, Spade used this man to find her whereabouts.

Spade found a rent receipt to Brigid’s room.