# Miles Archer — The Maltese Falcon character guide

> Miles Archer in The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Archer, Miles

**First appearance:** 0002-i-spade-archer

## Who they are

Spade's partner in the detective firm, a man whose stakeout ends in gunfire and turns a missing-person case into a murder investigation.

## Relationships

### [Sam Spade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maltese_falcon_se/characters/sam_spade)

_professional_

A business partnership tinged with rivalry and mutual dislike, as Archer was Spade's partner but also a philanderer and a poor detective.

### [Sam Spade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maltese_falcon_se/characters/sam_spade)

_professional_

A business partnership tinged with rivalry and mutual dislike, as Archer was Spade's partner but also a philanderer and a poor detective.

### [Sam Spade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maltese_falcon_se/characters/sam_spade)

_professional_

A business partnership tinged with rivalry and mutual dislike, as Archer was Spade's partner but also a philanderer and a poor detective.

## In the story

### [Spade & Archer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maltese_falcon_se/chapters/i-spade-archer)

Spade's partner; he leers at Miss Wonderly and volunteers to personally handle the surveillance of Thursby.

### [Death in the Fog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_maltese_falcon_se/chapters/ii-death-in-the-fog)

Referenced as Spade's murdered partner; his death is linked to the investigation.

## Links

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