โ Scribed by Joe Gores
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SUMMARY: When Sam Spade gets drawn into the Maltese Falcon case, we know what to expect: straight talk, hard questions, no favors, 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 Archerโs wife, Iva; that his tomboyish secretary, Effie Perine, is the only innocent in his life. What we donโt know is how Spade became who he is. Spade & Archer completes the picture.1921: Spade sets up his own agency in San Francisco and clients quickly start coming through the door. The next seven years will see him dealing with booze runners, waterfront thugs, stowaways, banking swindlers, gold smugglers, bumbling cops, and the illegitimate daughter of Sun Yat-sen; with murder, other menโs mistresses, and long-missing money. Heโll bring in Archer as a partner, though it was Archer who stole his girl while he was fighting in World War I. Heโll tangle with a villain who never loses his desire to make Spade pay big for ruining what shouldโve been the perfect crime. And heโll fall in loveโthough it wonโt turn out for the best. It never does with dames . . .Spade & Archer is a gritty, pitch-perfect, hard-boiled novelโthe work of a master mystery writerโdestined to become a classic in its own right.
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