Mike Hammer's deadly final adventure challenges everything we knew about the enduring noir detective in this gripping finale with a shocking twist. The concluding Hammer novel begins with a 21st century funeral before flashing back to summer, 1970. Six years after the events of Dig Two Graves, Hammer takes another unlikely vacation--this time on Long Island to help look after his partner Velda Sterling's seventeen-year-old sibling, Willa. Willa must deal with the attention of two boys vying for her affection--Hammer preferring the good kid from a wealthy family over the long-haired doper with an Easy Rider vibe. When Willa gets hooked on heroin, Hamm--filled with contempt for dope dealers--goes on a rampage. He will find the man behind the drug racket and teach him what shooting up is all about. But a final resolution awaits him in the future at that funeral....
"After a hit-and-run accident nearly kills her mother, Mike Hammer's partner, Velda Sterling, learns her father is not who she thought he was. Seeking to uncover her true, troubling heritage, Velda and Mike travel to Phoenix, Arizona--and sunny Dreamland Park, where retired law enforcement officers protect and corral notorious criminals held under Witness Protection. Mike and Velda find themselves swept up in escalating violence, fueled by the missing millions from an armored-car robbery, which leads them to a deadly midnight confrontationin a cemetery--where secrets are buried and open graves await."--]cProvided by publisher.
"BEST-SELLING AUTHOR MICKEY SPILLANE'S MOST TERRIFYING NOVEL. In touristy Peachtree Heights, Georgia, a string of presumably accidental deaths of area physicians rouses the suspicions of Police Chief Blake Cutter. But the former big-city cop's attempts to warn Dr. Roy Ryan are viewed by his estranged wife as an attempt to muddy the waters of a custody battle over the couple's young son, Richie. Too late to do anything more, a small, incredibly powerful creature emerges from the night to brave the walls of the doctor's compound, terrorizing the family and any and all police guarding them. The menace is suddenly real, and those physicians' deaths are anything but accidental. And when young Richie's archeologist uncle gives the boy a grisly birthday present-an actual Aztec mummy!-the child begins to think the long-dead corpse is his friend, one who is still-breathing ... Mickey Spillane was a best-selling mystery and crime novelist of the 20th Century, and this novel is typical of his storytelling speed and the shocking surprises only he could deliver"--
An exciting trio of classic boy's adventures from a recognized Grand Master in the mystery genre-Mickey Spillane.In The Day the Sea Rolled Back, an inexplicable freak of nature rolls the sea back from the shores of the Caribbean Island of Peolle and allows Larry and Josh to search for the wreck of the Nantucket Belle and its supposed hoard of Spanish treasure. But-unbeknownst to them-the boys are closely tracked by a pair of local fishermen who mean to take the treasure for themselves.During The Ship That Never Was, Larry and Josh task themselves with rescuing an ancient sailor adrift in a mysterious longboat and find themselves involved in finding a lost island and restoring a missing heir to the throne of a kingdom.In The Shrinking Island, Larry and Josh embark on their most exciting adventure yet when they find themselves up against dangerous storms, a missing Spanish galleon, a gang of greedy salvage hunters, and a disappearing Island in a race against time to save the sacred land of their friend's ancestors... Mickey Spillane is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century for not only creating Mike Hammer-the toughest private eye of all time-but for many other hardboiled novels that turned a generation of well-mannered mysteries on their head. In this collection, the adventures of Larry and Josh will thrill those seeking adventure...
When young Joe Boyle is paid to deliver a note reading "Cooley is dead. Now my fine fat louse, I'm going to spill your guts all over your own floor," and signed Vetter, he finds himself in the middle of a murderous rat race. Vetter is a mysterious killer believed to be a friend of Cooley, unknown otherwise except for the fact that he's responsible for the death of many hoodlums.
Hammer accompanies a politician to Moscow, where he is arrested by the KGB and imprisoned. He quickly escapes, but back in the States, the government is none too happy. Russia demands his return to stand charges, and various government agencies are following him.
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.
While undercover in upstate New York, Hammer is accused by police of murdering a young woman near the freight yards. Roughed up by the cops and facing a murder charge, Hammer's fate is looking bleak until a beautiful blonde, Melba Charles, daughter of the influential Vernon Charles, gives him an unexpected alibi.
'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times
'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times
'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times
Taking a midnight stroll along the Hudson River, Mike Hammer gets more than he bargained for: a partial corpse on an ice floe. The body is that of a butler who spent the last years of his life working for a millionaire-also now deceased-and his notoriously privileged children.
'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times.
Classic pulp crime fiction from an author who has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. '[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times
'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times
'[Spillane] was a quintessential Cold War writer, an unconditional believer in good and evil' Washington Times
Mike Hammer's secretary and partner Velda has walked out on him, and Mike is just surfacing from a four-month bender. But then an old cop turns up murdered, an old cop who once worked with Velda.
Mike Hammer's cop pal Captain Pat Chambers is nearing retirement. It's a mellow time for America's toughest detective, until an assassin's bullet almost brings him down on his doorstep. Could the attempted hit have anything to do with the release of a serial killer put away by Mike and Pat, decades ago?
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