Chapter 3- Three Women:
Spade goes into his office in the morning and sees Acher's wife. She acts flirtatious. Effie is sure that she wants to marry him and that possibly she had killed her husband to get closer to Sam. *We are left to assume an affair between them. but then again we are left to assume many things with the unreliable narrator* Goes to hotel and sees Mr. Freed the desk man. Sam seems to be hiding something and lets Freed know not to tell anyone he was around and asked about Floyd and Wonderly. He returns to his office and finds a letter from Wonderly who says to meet at a hotel/ apartment # and to ask for "Leblanc." He burns the evidence, leaving Effie upset*maybe even jealous*.
Chapter 4: The Black Bird
Sam goes to meet Wonderly... who says her name and stories are fake and that her real name is Brigid O'Shaughnessy. She tells about her "true story" *which once again, we are left to assume is true* and says she knew Floyd Thursby personally but claims she didn't kill him.Interestingly enough, Sam already knew her story was a fake *which is why he didn't tell the investigators about her during questioning*, but he was so motivated by the money that it didn't matter how false the story was..... Maybe Spade really is a "bad" cop since he's so easily corrupted.
Totally awesome that you picked this book because I was actually considering reading this one for my next project. It is interesting how the women are portrayed in the book, its almost as if the author is going back to Grecian times when women were depicted as evil and conniving and always had an ulterior motive.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the detective and the men in the story have their hands full for sure with these crazy women who are untruthful.
I love that I can read your notes to know what this book is about and I love how you put in little asterisks with your thoughts. I saw the film version a long time ago, and remember not being able to trust that anyone was telling the truth! I love the way they speak, although am not a fan of how the men and women treat each other. I’m looking forward to more of your notes in the future to see what happens in the books version.
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