| True Crime Contributor(s): Collins, Max Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612180930 ISBN-13: 9781612180939 Publisher: Amazon Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012287400 |
| Series: Nathan Heller Novels (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.45 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1934 Chicago dazzles with fast action and calculating, cold-blooded meanness as private detective Nate Heller combs Chicago's North Side looking for John Dillinger. But things take a turn for the strange when self-aggrandizing G-Man Melvin Purvis shoots down a Dillinger double in front of the Biograph Theater. Full of muscle and oozing Chicago's tough-guy persona to the hilt, Max Allan Collins' Nate Heller is the ultimate private investigator--in the ultimate P.I. town. Heller's undercover search for a farmer's-daughter-turned-gun-moll has him on the dusty Depression backroads of middle America, in the company of Ma Barker and her boys, Baby Face Nelson, Alvin Karpis, and a very-much-still-alive Dillinger--whose outlandish plan to kidnap J. Edgar Hoover in downtown Chicago is one Heller tries to foil. Including appearances by fan dancer Sally Rand, boxer Barney Ross, and Heller's "godfather," Frank Nitti, True Crime is a relentless classic. |
Contributor Bio(s): Collins, Max Allan: - Max Allan Collins is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller historical thrillers; his other books include the New York Times bestseller Saving Private Ryan and the bestselling CSI series. His comics writing ranges from the graphic novel Road to Perdition, source of the Tom Hanks film, to long runs as scripter of the "Dick Tracy" comic strip and his own innovative "Ms. Tree." Collins is also a screenwriter and a leading Indie filmmaker. He lives in Iowa with his wife, writer Barbara Collins, and their son, Nathan. |