Max Allan Collins Libri

Set against the backdrop of Cold War tensions, the narrative follows Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the US as he seeks to ease hostilities. His agenda includes a whimsical trip to Disneyland and a meeting with the iconic Marilyn Monroe, highlighting the cultural exchanges that occur even amidst political strife. The story explores the contrasts between the two superpowers and the unexpected connections that can arise in a divided world.

Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984.

True Crime detective Nathan Heller returns in a brand new case that connects a millionaire's kidnapped child to Robert F. Kennedy's campaign to bring down union boss Jimmy Hoffa.

A classic Mike Hammer story from the New York Times bestselling authors Max Allan Collins and the master of noir Mickey Spillane, featuring a brand-new, never before seen, alternative ending. Recuperating in Florida after the mob shoot-out that nearly claimed his life, Mike Hammer learns that an old mentor on the New York police force has committed suicide. Hammer returns for the funeral—and because he knows that Inspector Doolan would never have killed himself. When a woman is murdered practically on the funeral’s doorstep, Hammer is drawn into the hunt for a cache of Nazi diamonds and for the mysterious woman who had been close to Doolan in his final days. Everything leads to a Mafia social club where Hammer and his .45 come calling, initiating the wildest showdown since Spillane’s classic One Lonely Night.

When Crane, a graduate journalism student, hears that his fiancée has committed suicide, he's immediately suspicious and launches into an investigation of her death. The tiny New Jersey town she lived in has seen a rash of suicides lately, with the unlikely coincidence that everyone who has died worked for Kemco, the chemical factory company that fuels the town's economy. As Crane digs deeper, he encounters Boone, a local woman writing a book about the environmental destruction that has come at the hands of the local chemical giant. The two team up to unravel the conspiracies surrounding the factory--which soon makes them the next targets for those aiming to keep Kemco's shady dealings under wraps. The pair races to expose the illegal operations poisoning the town and bring Kemco to justice--before either of them becomes the latest in the growing list of "suicides."