Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON, (Paperback)

from deweys

I have not read "The Maltese Falcon", so I did not know what to expect. That said, I really enjoyed the novel. Sam Spade leaves Continental and opens his own PI office. He hires Effie Perine as his secretary and starts investigating cases. There is a villan who runs through 3 cases and eludes Spa...

from deweys

I have not read "The Maltese Falcon", so I did not know what to expect. That said, I really enjoyed the novel. Sam Spade leaves Continental and opens his own PI office. He hires Effie Perine as his secretary and starts investigating cases. There is a villan who runs through 3 cases and eludes Spa...

from jawalter

Not a bad book, but a little disappointing. Despite the title, Archer is a minor character at best, seemingly shoehorned into a story that should have been expressly designed to feature him. Gores does manage to provide a reason for Effie's endless loyalty to Sam, but for the most part, the book ...

from unclebob53703

A prequel to Hammett's seminal hard boiled detective novel, the book details several cases over a number of years, held together as you might expect by a sinister thread. The plot is more convoluted than Hammett ever dreamed of, but the narrative and dialogue should satisfy most fans. The real fu...

from nvellis01

"Spade & Archer: The Prequel to Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon" by Joe Gores is first rate and a real addition to the tradition of the hard boiled detective genre. Gores, a noted Hammett scholar and Edgar Award-winning novelist, got authorization from the Hammett estate for this novel. I a...