# District Attorney Bryan — The Maltese Falcon character guide

> District Attorney Bryan in The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bryan

**First appearance:** 0019-xviii-the-fall-guy

## Who they are

District attorney who questions Spade about the murders.

## In the story

### [XV: Every Crackpot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maltese_falcon_se/chapters/xv-every-crackpot)

Bryan interrogates Spade, pressing him for information about Thursby's murder and the identity of Spade's client. He theorizes that Thursby was killed by gamblers or Monahan's friends.

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