by Joe Gores · B (Ediciones B) · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466642903
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«Spade & Archer» is the hardcover crime novel by Joe Gores, published by B (Ediciones B) (384 pages, in Spanish).
Prequel to «El halcón maltés» following Sam Spade in San Francisco during the 1920s: after returning from World War I, he sets up his own detective agency and becomes involved in cases of smuggling, gold thefts and scams, with Effie Perine as secretary and Miles Archer as future partner.
The Spanish edition, published in 2010, belongs to the «La Trama» collection from Ediciones B.
For readers of crime and detective fiction who want to discover Sam Spade's origins before «El halcón maltés».
Joseph Nicholas Gores was an American mystery writer. He was known best for his novels and short stories set in San Francisco and featuring the fictional Dan Kearney and Associates private investigation firm specializing in repossessing cars, a thinly veiled escalation of his own experiences as a confidential sleuth and repo man. Gores was also recognized for his novels Hammett, Spade & Archer and his Edgar Award-winning or -nominated works, such as A Time of Predators, 32 Cadillacs and Come Morning.
