Joe Gores





Joe Gores

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born
January 01, 1931 in The United States

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JOE GORES is the author of the acclaimed DKA series of street-level crime and detection, as well as the stunning suspense novels Dead Man and Menaced Assassin. Born in 1931, he served in the U.S. Army-writing biographies of generals at the Pentagon-was educated at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford, and spent twelve years as a San Francisco private investigator. The author of dozens of novels, screenplays, and television scripts, he has won three Edgar Allan Poe Awards and Japan's Maltese Falcon Award. He lives in northern California.

Series:
* DKA File


Average rating: 3.63 · 1,161 ratings · 208 reviews · 38 distinct works
Spade & Archer: The Prequel...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
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32 Cadillacs
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions
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Hammett
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions
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Dead Skip
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions
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Final Notice
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions
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Gone, No Forwarding
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 24 ratings3 editions
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Cases
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions
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Dead Man
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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A Time Of Predators
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings6 editions
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Cons, Scams & Grifts
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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More books by Joe Gores…
Final Notice Gone, No Forwarding 32 Cadillacs Contract Null & Void Stakeout On Page Street And... Cons, Scams & Grifts
DKA File (7 books)
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3.511627906976744 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 172 ratings

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“Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.”
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