by Joe Gores · B de Bolsillo (Ediciones B) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498725537
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«Spade & Archer» is the hardcover crime novel by Joe Gores, published by B de Bolsillo (384 pages, in Spanish).
In 1921, Sam Spade returns from World War I and sets up his own detective agency in San Francisco. Over the years he faces alcohol smugglers, con artists, contrabandists and killers, until in 1928 he goes into partnership with Miles Archer, the man who stole his girlfriend, and begins a dangerous romance with Iva, his partner's wife. The novel explains how Spade became the legendary detective of The Maltese Falcon.
Prequel to The Maltese Falcon, the celebrated novel by Dashiell Hammett featuring detective Sam Spade.
For fans of crime fiction and classics of the detective genre featuring detective Sam Spade.
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.
