Max Allan Collins

First look: Quarry's Reunion by Max Allan Collins

13 January, 2026

Here we are today with the exclusive cover reveal for Quarry’s Reunion by Max Allan Collins. When it goes on sale on 10 November 2026, it’ll be special book for a whole number of reasons. If you don’t know Quarry yet, this’ll be the book…

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Dig Two Graves by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By Paul Burke

29 August, 2023

Once, when someone complained that Mickey Spillane had eight books in a top 10 chart, he replied along the lines that the reader should be thankful he didn’t write two more. It’s hard to overestimate Spillane’s popularity in the 1950s and 60s. He has sold…

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Skim Deep by Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

19 November, 2020

Nolan, no first name, is a middle-aged man and former professional thief. These days – it’s 1986 in the story – he’s married and retired from armed robbery. He remains on good terms with the Outfit, the mafia-like criminal mob he occasionally worked for or…

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Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

7 March, 2016

As the creator of the iconic PI Mike Hammer, hardboiled author Mickey Spillane needs no introduction. Nor should Max Allan Collins. The latter’s original series about Quarry, the hit-man who targets other hitmen, is about to become a TV series. At the same time publisher…

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Quarry's Deal by Max Allan Collins

By Jeremy Megraw

6 February, 2016

Max Allan Collins, the writer of the original graphic novel The Road to Perdition that became the popular film, has been around for years. He’s written crime novels, comics and movie and TV novelisations. Batman, Dick Tracy, and the PI Nathan Heller series have all…

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Kill Me, Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

27 March, 2015

As Mickey Spillane’s literary executor, Max Allan Collins has been doing a great job finding and completing manuscripts by the late author. In fact, this is the fourth such book we’ve reviewed, following on from Lady, Go Die!, Complex 90 and King of the Weeds….

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King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

23 May, 2014

Once again, Max Allan Collins reprises his role as literary executor and with King of the Weeds he has completed another of Mickey Spillane’s unfinished manuscripts. Whereas the last two books produced in this fashion – Lady, Go Die! and Complex 90 – went further…

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Complex 90 by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

By RoughJustice

11 May, 2013

Titan Books and Mickey Spillane’s literary executor Max Allan Collins are back, and they’ve completed and released another unfinished Mike Hammer novel from the archives. We reviewed Lady, Go Die! last year, gave it four stars, and interviewed Collins about the process of completing Spillane’s…

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First look: Quarry's Reunion by Max Allan Collins

Dig Two Graves by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Skim Deep by Max Allan Collins

Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Quarry's Deal by Max Allan Collins

Kill Me, Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Complex 90 by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

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