"Gores .
Recounted in colorful underworld argot by three-time Edgar Award winner Joe Gores, the story traces Dashiell Ham.
Try not to miss this book." -- The New York Times Part thriller, part fictionalized history, part biography, this gripping tale centers on the legendary author of The Maltese Falcon. is as resourceful as the Master himself, and has dreamed up an evocative picture of San Francisco in 1928--with its beauty, its venality, its dirty cops and politicians. . . "Gores