Maltese

Huston, whose father was the high-profile “Maltese Falcon” and “African Queen” director John Huston, said she gets regular scans and has had “wonderful” doctors helping her out.

There are also Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon,” originally published as a serial in Black Hat magazine, and John Steinbeck’s first novel, “Cup of Gold.”

He was “nicely dressed” and “very sweet”, she said, and talked to her about her Maltese poodle.

When he got into the detective genre, with “The Maltese Falcon,” it was a whole new arc for him.

The ship, owned by Maltese firm Ruby Enterprise, set off from the northern Russian port of Kandalaksha in July - with 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate on board.