In the past I’ve covered my fondness for Dashiell Hammett’s mysteries. Given my whole theme here at Balladeer’s Blog, this time I’ll take a look at Hammett’s often overlooked Sam Spade short stories that followed a few years after the novel The Maltese Falcon. Three of these tales are complete and one other was left tantalizingly […]

SAM SPADE: DASHIELL HAMMETT’S NEGLECTED SHORT STORIES