Books by Max Allan Collins

The hitman hero of the acclaimed series Quarry on Cinemax returns for his final act. By Quarry's creator, the award-winning author of Road to Perdition! QUARRY'S VIOLENT PAST COMES LOOKING FOR HIM The professional hitman known as Quarry -- star of the Cinemax TV miniseries of the same name -- has put killing behind him. But after a beautiful writer of true-crime bestsellers drops by to announce he's the subject of her next book, killers descend to give him some of his own deadly medicine, forcing Quarry to journey into his bloody past to find the answers -- and settle old scores. QUARRY'S BLOOD brings the hitman's decades-long saga right up to the present day as MWA Grand Master Max Allan Collins explores the startling final act of Quarry's professional career.

A young woman's terrible nightmares are a projection of a serial killer's mad murders... Prepare to meet a seductive vampire preying on the homeless, a mobster who meets his murderous match, a sexual predator who selects the wrong victim, a psychotic Santa, a tabloid ghost hunter, and a pop star who wants to live forever. And waiting for you are teenage hookers from hell, a bad girl turned good in a bad way, and a group of ghost hunters who spend a harrowing night in a very haunted house.A riveting, brand-new collection of dark crime and darker horror by Mystery Writers of America "Grand Master," Max Allan Collins.

AN OFF-THE-WALL ROMP AND OTHER EXHILARATING CRIME STORIES. Recent almost-college-grad Fred Kitchen and his eccentric six-foot-four pal, Wheaty, pay off a poker debt with a prank - showing their stuff in the then-current fad of streaking. Soon they are under arrest and in jail, killing time by playing cards with a couple of hardened criminals, unwittingly racking up a new debt...one that can only be paid off by participating in a bank robbery during a small-town festival. Written as a tribute to the comic novels of his mentor Donald E. Westlake, Shoot the Moon is a fast, funny crime novel written early in his career by Max Allan Collins.

Do No Harm is the next mystery in the Nathan Heller series by New York Times bestselling author Max Allan Collins.It's 1954 and Heller takes on the Sam Sheppard case-a young doctor is startled from sleep and discovers his wife brutally murdered. He claims that a mysterious intruder killed his wife. But all the evidence points to a disturbed husband who has grown tired of married life and yearned to be free at all costs. Sheppard is swiftly convicted and sent to rot in prison.Just how firm was the evidence...and was it tampered with to fit a convenient narrative to settle scores and push political agendas? Nathan's old friend Elliot Ness calls in a favor and as Nathan digs into the case he becomes convinced of Sheppard's innocence. But Nate can't prove it and has to let the case drop.The road to justice is sometimes a long one. Heller's given another chance years later and this time he's determined to free the man...even if it brings his own death a bit closer.

A CORNUCOPIA OF HOLIDAY-THEMED TALES OF CRIME AND MYSTERY.Master storyteller, Max Allan Collins tells crime stories for every holiday: Christmas, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, Fourth of July and Thanksgiving.A Wreath for Marley adds intrigue to a traditional Christmas tale; Flowers for Bill O'Reilly infuses a Memorial Day setting with horror-movie madness; and in the Thanksgiving yarn A Bird for Becky, a sweet twelve-year-old girl turns out to be the reincarnation of a rubbed-out Chicago gangster. Also included are the short stories Mommy, a Mother's Day tale that became the bases of a cult movie; Firecracker Kill, a Fourth of July serial-killer noir that pairs a cop and a mob enforcer as heroes; and His Father's Ghost, a Halloween-meets-Father's Day study of an adopted boy's search for the killer of the father he never met.

Veteran thief Nolan tangles with a skyjacker and vigilante in two full-length novels from Grandmaster Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition), collected in one volume for the first time ever. It Takes a Thief to Take a Thief. In the aftermath of a bloody heist, Nolan and Jon find themselves flying home to count their ill-gotten gains -- but a skyjacker taking the same flight has other plans. Meanwhile, in Des Moines, someone is offing members of the Mob-connected DiPreta family and the Mob thinks maybe Nolan can make it stop. Maybe he can -- for a six-figure fee. Originally published as two separate novels (and unavailable in bookstores for 40 years!), DOUBLE DOWN finds Nolan and Jon pursuing the American dream in their inimitable criminal fashion. Flying high off his recent return after more than three decades in SKIM DEEP, Nolan is one of MWA Grand Master Max Allan Collins' most unforgettable characters, and DOUBLE DOWN is Nolan at his hard-boiled, larcenous best.

He wanted to retire . . . . . . Assassins have other plans. Secret Agent John Sand was the world's greatest spy, then he decided to call it quits. Settling into quiet mornings and lovely dinners, Sand finally found peace.But as Sand is adjusting to a life free of espionage, the CIA calls in an unexpected favor. JFK needs Sand for a final mission: one he might not survive. Deadly assassins are targeting Cuba's president, and his own people might be in on the attempt. If El Presidenté dies, World War III is imminent . . .The unexpected jolt to Sand's senses pulls him back into a world full of secret intelligence, where Sand is on board for the most dangerous mission of his life. The enemies are deadlier. The stakes higher. The threats more complex.Is John Sand ready to face these enemies, or will the once great spy be brought to the verge of his physical abilities with each passing test?Come Spy With Me is the first in The John Sand Series, invoking the best of the original spy thrillers that follow a recently retired British secret agent in the early 1960s. His real-life exploits inspired a very famous series of best-selling novels by a friend in the spy game.Purchase your copy now to dive into this action-packed secret agent series!

They don't come tougher than Nolan - but even a hardened professional thief can't fight off the entire Chicago mafia. So when an old friend offers to broker a truce, Nolan accepts the terms. All he has to do is pull off one last heist - and trust the Mob not to double cross him. Fortunately, Nolan has a couple of things going for him.

The first new Nolan novel in 33 years from one of the masters of the genre, Max Allan Collins, award-winning author of Road to Perdition. The onetime world-class thief Nolan - now happily gone straight with his own restaurant/nightclub - whisks his longtime lover Sherry off to Vegas for a trip to a wedding chapel and a honeymoon stay. But an eye-in-the-sky security cam at a casino spots Nolan, whose past catches up with him when he's thought to be casing the joint. An old "friend" sees Nolan as the perfect patsy for a scheme to heist the weekly skim haul, and when the former thief's young frequent accomplice, Jon - a musician in the casino's house band - finds the couple mysteriously, suspiciously missing, it's up to Nolan's Best Man to keep wedding bells from tolling a funeral march.

A thrilling ride through the case books of Ms Tree, private detective!

An explosive novel that uncovers new facts about the deadly conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Rigorously researched, Max Allan Collins''s Target Lancer is far more truth than fiction. Long before November 22, 1963, Nathan Heller, "P.I. to the Stars," knows that a conspiracy is in the works. Several years earlier, Heller had been involved with the Kennedys, the Mob, and the CIA in the early stages of a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. Shortly after, Heller''s Mafia contact is murdered. After being interrogated by gangsters and contacted by U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Heller realizes that he may be the one person who can prevent a devastating political assassination. Only he knows all the players; only he knows why a web of conspirators has targeted the man known to the Secret Service as "Lancer," John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Mike Hammer, the iconic PI created by hard-boiled crime master Mickey Spillane and written by New York Times bestseller Max Allan Collins, returns in Masquerade for Murder.

"No one can twist through a maze with the intensity and suspense of Max Allan Collins." Clive Cussler, #1 New York Times bestselling authorWorld War II is raging. Newly promoted Lt. Peter Maxwell is assigned to a munitions ship with a crew of mostly inexperienced African-American sailors commanded by a racist Captain. The ship is a floating powderkeg that could ignite at any instant as the embattled crew faces typhoons, kamikaze pilots, mutiny and murder. It's an incredible adventure, inspired by true events, from the boundless imagination of Max Allan Collins, the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster who gave us the Road to Perdition saga. PRAISE FOR "USS POWDERKEG" "A gripping, fast-paced tale...a hell of a story." Cedar Rapids Gazette"An infectiously readable adventure." Booklist"Collins is the master of true-crime fiction." Chicago Magazine"A major novel rich with drama, humor, history and real poignancy." BookgasmThis is a revised edition of book previously published as "Red Sky in Morning" under the pseudonym "Patrick Culhane."

The hitman hero of the acclaimed series Quarry on Cinemax returns with an all-new assignment. By Quarry's creator, the award-wining author of Road to Perdition!

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>But when the suspects begin to drop like flies, Hammer realizes there is more to this case than just a salacious tape.