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The "perfect private eye" looks back on his career among Chicago's famous and infamous in this profile by the New York Times –bestselling author ( Daily News , New York).
As a ghostwriter settles in for a series of interviews with the semi-retired Nathan Heller—who in his long career as a cop and private detective has dealt with famous cases and colorful characters, from Al Capone to Amelia Earhart, and Jack Ruby to Jimmy Hoffa. Fans of the mystery series by Shamus Award–winning author Max Allan Collins (the aforementioned ghostwriter) get to know this classic character, his A-1 Detective Agency, and the man who created him, a little better.
"A believable, enduring hard-boiled hero." — Los Angeles Times
"When it comes to noirish, hard-boiled PI thrillers, few writers can compete with Collins." — Library Journal
The "perfect private eye" looks back on his career among Chicago's famous and infamous in this profile by the New York Times –bestselling author ( Daily News , New York).
As a ghostwriter settles in for a series of interviews with the semi-retired Nathan Heller—who in his long career as a cop an...
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Max Allan Collins is an award-winning writer of mysteries, comics, thrillers, screenplays, and historical fiction. His graphic novel Road to Perdition was the basis for the 2002 Academy Award–winning film by the same name. Collins cofounded the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers and studied at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He collaborated with Mickey Spillane on several projects and is completing a number of the Mike Hammer novels that Spillane left unfinished. Collins lives in Iowa with his wife, author Barbara Collins.
Max Allan Collins is an award-winning writer of mysteries, comics, thrillers, screenplays, and historical fiction. His graphic novel Road to Perdition was the basis for the 2002 Academy Award–winning film by the same name. Collins cofounded the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers an...
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