The Maltese Falcon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Maltese Falcon runs 7.1 hours as an audiobook (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 7.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in–by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.1 hours, it sits right at the median length for mystery.
- That's 17% shorter than the average mystery audiobook (8.6 hrs across 582 titles in our dataset).
Computed from mystery audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for mystery listeners who want proper detective work: a weekend-size listen at 7.1 hours.
About the book
The definitive masterpiece of the hard-boiled detective genre, The Maltese Falcon first appeared in the pages of Black Mask magazine in 1929 and was almost immediately acknowledged as not only a great crime novel but an enduring masterpiece of American fiction. Tough, cynical PI Sam Spade—a man who, as his creator explained, is “able to take care of himself in any situation, able to get the best of anybody he comes in contact with”—is hired by the story’s irresistible femme fatale, Brigid O’Shaughnessy, to locate the client’s sister by tailing her companion. Spade’s partner, Miles Archer, takes on the assignment, and quickly both he and the man he was shadowing are murdered. As Spade pursues the mystery of his partner’s death, he is drawn into a circle of colorful characters—all of them after a legendary statuette of a falcon fashioned long ago for King Charles V of Spain.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Maltese Falcon as an audiobook?
The Maltese Falcon runs 7.1 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is The Maltese Falcon free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was The Maltese Falcon first published?
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett was first published in 1929.
