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First out this week is Cold Days by Jim Butcher. After being murdered by an unknown assailant, Harry Dresden realizes that death wasn’t so bad after all. Cold Days is the 14th book in The Dresden Files and is available in hardcover, eBook and audiobook formats. In the paranormal romance genre, Drive Me Wild (15th […]
Mike Hammer is a fictional character featured in a series of hardboiled crime fiction novels by American novelist Mickey Spillane and later American novelist Max Allan Collins. Following World War II, Spillane conceived of a comic book character named Mike Danger, which ended up becoming a detective fiction character named Mike Hammer. The character is […]
The Disaster series is a series of alternative historical mysteries by American author Max Allan Collins. The series adds a murder mystery story to the backdrop of a major historical disaster the Titanic or Pearl Harbor.
Nathan Heller is the protagonist in a series of historical mystery novels by American author Max Allan Collins. A former cop, the half-Irish, half-Jewish Nate Heller is now a private eye. The series is set in 1930s Chicago, in the days of Al Capone.
Mallory is a fictional character created by American author Max Allan Collins, featured in a series of hardboiled mystery novels. Mallory is an amateur sleuth, budding detective fiction author and a former cop as well as a Vietnam vet.
Quarry is a fictional character in a series of crime fiction novels by American author Max Allan Collins. Quarry is a Vietnam vet, now back home as a cold-hearted hitman. The character has also appeared in the film adaptations A Matter of Principal (based on a short story) and The Last Lullaby (starring Tom Sizemore […]
Frank Nolan is the protagonist in a series of hard-boiled mystery novels by American author Max Allan Collins. It is no secret that Nolan is based on Richard Stark‘s Parker character. Collins didn’t mind writing a one-off novel with a heavily inspired character, however he didn’t feel comfortable doing a series until he got Stark’s […]
Max Allan Collins is an American author of mysteries. Much more than a novelist, Collins has also penned short stories, movie novelizations, screenplays, graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, trading cards and more. Max was a fan of Mickey Spillane and eventually became friends with him. He would end up taking over for Spillane on […]