Book description
When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to
expect: straight talk, hard questions, no favours, and no way for anyone
to get underneath the protective shell he wears like a second skin. We
know that his late partner, Miles Archer, was a son of a bitch; that
Spade is sleeping with Archer's wife. What we don't know is how Spade
became who he is. Now SPADE & ARCHER completes the picture. SPADE
& ARCHER is a gritty, pitch-perfect, hard-boiled novel - the work of
a master mystery writer-destined to become a classic in its own right.
Joe Gores, formerly a private eye, is the author of sixteen other
novels, including Hammett, which won FALCON Award. He has received three
EDGAR Awards - one of only two authors to win in three separate
categories: Best First Novel, Best Short Story, and Best Episode in a TV
Series.
