Chicago Lightning by Max Allan Collins
In The Blonde Tigress, Heller encounters a vicious hold-up crew with a brutal female leader, while in Scrap he investigates a union shooting that has national implications. In The Perfect Crime he goes Hollywood to protect the lovely Thelma Todd, with tragic results. The private eye finds himself tangling with notorious mobster Mickey Cohen in a Shoot-out On Sunset and with Al Capone's successor, Frank Nitti, in Screwball. Heller's friendship with Eliot Ness finds the two men working together in both The Strawberry Teardrop, in which Heller encounters America's first serial killer, and Natural Death, Inc. Heller tackles each case with his trademark cynicism and humor, digging into the grimy underbelly of twentieth-century America to uncover the truth at any cost. Tough, cynical, and clever, Nathan Heller has been called the perfect private eye, the best investigator that Chicago (where 'lightning' means gunfire) has to offer.
Max Allan Collins has earned fifteen Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away, and receiving the PWA life achievement award, the Eye. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, which is the basis of the Academy Award–winning film starring Tom Hanks, was followed by two novels, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. His suspense series include Quarry, Nolan, Mallory, and Eliot Ness, and his numerous comics credits include the syndicated Dick Tracy and his own Ms. Tree. He has written and directed four feature films and two documentaries. His other produced screenplays include “The Expert,” an HBO World Premiere. His coffee-table book The History of Mystery received nominations for every major mystery award and Men’s Adventure Magazines won the Anthony Award. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins. They have collaborated on seven novels and numerous short stories, and are currently writing the “Trash ‘n’ Treasures” mysteries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781612180915 |
| ISBN 10 | 1612180914 |
| Title | Chicago Lightning |
| Author | Max Allan Collins |
| Series | A Nathan Heller Novel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amazon Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 398 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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