Pulp crime fiction is at its best in this Mike Hammer novel that sees the hard-boiled private eye unpack a scandal involving a US Senator and his femme fatale of a wife
Hammer is summoned to a meeting with Jamie Winters, a United States Senator from New York, and Jamie's lovely, very smart wife, Nicole—considered by many to be the power behind the throne. Winters is being blackmailed, and Hammer is given a list of suspects who may be behind the threats to the Senator's career.
But when the suspects begin to drop like flies, Hammer realizes there is more to this case than just a salacious tape.
“Collins continues to bring Spillane’s characters to life with thrilling prose and all the best pieces of noir drama and action” - Borg.com
Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He was chosen as a 2017 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.
Pulp crime fiction is at its best in this Mike Hammer novel that sees the hard-boiled private eye unpack a scandal involving a US Senator and his femme fatale of a wife
Hammer is summoned to a meeting with Jamie Winters, a United States Senator from New York, and Jamie's lovely, very smart wife, Nicole—considered by many to be the power behind the throne. Winters is being blackmailed, and Hammer is given a list of suspects who may be behind the threats to the Senator's career.
But when the suspects begin to drop like flies, Hammer realizes there is more to this case than just a salacious tape.
Praise
“Collins continues to bring Spillane’s characters to life with thrilling prose and all the best pieces of noir drama and action” - Borg.com
Author
Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He was chosen as a 2017 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.
