Mickey Spillane

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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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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No turkeys this week...

By DavidPrestidge

3 March, 2016

On the Radar — Well, we say there are no turkeys this week, but at first glance there is one on the cover of TM Causey’s The Saints of the Lost and Found. But a closer look reveals it’s an angelic jacket, and the book has an excellent title….

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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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A Darker Shade

By Andre

24 February, 2014

Edited and translated by John-Henri Holmberg — When you open A Darker Shade in the expectation of some suspenseful, Nordic noir short stories, don’t make the mistake that I almost did and skip the 20-page introduction to this anthology. What I wrongly assumed to be…

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The 12 best private detectives in crime fiction

By crimefictionlover

9 December, 2013

Recently, we brought you The PI Case Files, giving you a peek inside the Crime Fiction Lover filing cabinet at some notes we’ve been compiling on private detectives from across the genre. Now, thanks to some excellent detective work by our own David Prestidge, we’re…

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The PI Case Files - Part 1

By DavidPrestidge

25 October, 2013

Ah, the private investigator – staple reading for crime fiction lovers. Typically they’d have an office with the name of their agency emblazoned across the door. And inside, a desk to rest their feet on, with whiskey and a .45 in the drawer. In the…

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Dig Two Graves by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

No turkeys this week...

Kill Me, Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

A Darker Shade

The 12 best private detectives in crime fiction

The PI Case Files - Part 1

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