Mike Hammer - Baby, It''s Murder

Begins at a twenty-first century funeral before flashing back to Long Island, summer 1973, where Hammer and partner Velda look after her sibling, Mikki, and Hammer goes on a rampage against dope dealers when Mikki gets hooked on heroin but a final resolution waits him at that future funeral.

About the author

Mickey Spillane is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II as a result of the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammer novels, feeding the public's appetite for sexy, violent, straight-talking crime stories. He also starred as Mike Hammer in The Girl Hunters. Mickey Spillane died at the age of 88 in 2006.

Max Allan Collins was hailed in 2004 by Publishers Weekly as "a new breed of writer." A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991). In 2002, his graphic novel Road to Perdition was adapted into an Academy-Award winning film, starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law and Daniel Craig. He lives in Iowa, USA.

Summary

Mike Hammer’s deadly final adventure challenges everything we knew about the enduring noir detective in this gripping finale with a shocking twist.

Product details

• Authors: Max Allan Collins, Collins Max Allan, Mickey Spillane, Mickey Collins Spillane
• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2025
• EAN: 9781803364599
• ISBN: 978-1-80336-459-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Classic crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction