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The Maltese Falcon (the novel, which entered the public domain this year) is written in a really interesting way. It's in the third person and it's all external. We're told what characters say and do, but never what they're thinking or feeling. standardebooks.org/ebooks/dashi...

It also means it's using physical descriptions actions and objects to convey mood and pacing. There's one bit where it spends like a page describing Sam Spade rolling a cigarette in exacting detail, conveying a thoughtful and focused mood without ever getting in his head.