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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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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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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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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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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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Seduction of the Innocent

By RoughJustice

17 February, 2013

Written by Max Allan Collins — As a writer of crime fiction, Max Allan Collins has many strings to his bow. The Quarry series of novels features a hardboiled antihero similar to Richard Stark’s Parker. His long running series about Chicago PI Nathan Heller is…

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Dig Two Graves by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Kill Me, Darling by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

The 12 best private detectives in crime fiction

The PI Case Files - Part 1

Complex 90 by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins

Seduction of the Innocent

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