It was in the author's afterword and acknowledgements that I learned that the heroes of Seduction of the Innocent, Max Allan Collins' roman à clef about the comic book controversy started by Dr. Fredric Wertham with his 1954 book of the same name, had been featured in two previous novels. With this ...
Quarry is a hitman who kills hitmen. When a hit is ordered he follows the hitmen and discovers who their victim is and offers to kill them instead. He will then, for a price, discover who hired the hit. Quarry follows the stake-out guy to a small Missouri town and finds the victim is a dancer stu...
I have read all the Keller, Quarry and Parker books except for this, the most recent. It’s good. What is it about “hit man” books that attracts us (or me anyway?) I suspect it’s the lifestyle, the hunt, the tracking, etc. The Walter Mitty quality of it all. I think it would be great fun -- except ...
Who isn’t interested in the Titanic? Well, that’s okay, I forgive you. I possible not to judge; we all have our iffy bits. This book is mystery set upon the famous ship before it sinks. It’s true that the mystery and it’s solution aren’t of a nail biting sort. The historical deta...
An entertaining historical mystery featuring a famous author, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and an infamous day in history. Listened to the audio version which was narrated by Dan John Millerwho gave a steady performance.
I didn’t enjoy this book as much as other CSI novels that I’ve read in the past. It’s not bad, it’s just that the cases are average. First of all, I don't think that the characters were very in character. They could have been anybody. Also, the cases are quite fast, with a few predictable red herrin...
The Wrong Quarry is the 11th novel in the Quarry series by Max Allen Collins. After taking out the broker who organises the contract killings and stealing his notebook of jobs Quarry heads out to help the potential victims rid themselves of the hitmen and those who hired the hit. His next potentia...
As is true of just about every short story collection, this is uneven. I would have given it 2 stars except for the amusing surprise of finding Harlan Ellison in a noir crime collection instead of his usual home in speculative fiction.
New Review! ASK NOT: A Nathan Heller Thriller is Max Allan Collins' usual top-notch thriller-writing. Third in his JFK trilogy, it's got everything: Murders, mobsters, CIA honchos, and the Beatles in Chicago. Exciting reading even if you don't remember where you were on That Awful Day. http://tiny...
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