One character in this novel indicates another's demise by drawing a "G" in theair with her finger. The ship La Paloma catches fire shortly after it arrives from HongKong. In this novel, a character referred to as "the fat man" tells of a tribute paid bythe (+) Knights Hospitallers to Charles V. The protagonist is pursued by his partner'srecent widow, Iva, and is questioned by Lieutenant Dundy and 
One character in this novel indicates another's demise by drawing a "G" in theair with her finger. The ship La Paloma catches fire shortly after it arrives from HongKong. In this novel, a character referred to as "the fat man" tells of a tribute paid bythe (+) Knights Hospitallers to Charles V. The protagonist is pursued by his partner'srecent widow, Iva, and is questioned by Lieutenant Dundy and Tom Polhaus. (*)Miles Archer and Floyd Thursby are shot after the protagonist is hired by a girl with pseudonym Wonderly named Brigid O'Shaughnessy. The protagonist is later commissioned by Joel Cairo to find the title object, which turns about to be a forgery from the Russian Kemidov. For ten points, name this novel in which Sam Spade investigates a bird statuette, written by Dashiell Hammett.
One character in this novel indicates another's demise by drawing a "G" in theair with her finger.
The Maltese Falcon