Rough Cut: The Early Cases of Sam Spade

Short reads. Long shadows. Follow Spade from Butte to Baghdad by the Bay.

Step Into Spade’s Shadow

“Rough Cut” is a gritty series of short stories following a young Sam Spade as he sharpens his edge in the aftermath of World War I. Each tale is packed with hard choices, red herrings, and the kind of moral grit that forged a legend.

Joanne B. Reid (1965)

Sam Spade – Tough before he was iconic

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