Flying Blind by Max Allan Collins
In 1935, Nate Heller is hired to escort Amelia Earhart on a speaking tour due to numerous cut-and-paste death threats against her life. Heller suspects the threats are a stunt by Earhart's publicity-hungry husband, and the detective's growing closeness to the bisexual aviatrix leads to a steamy affair. Two years later, when Earhart embarks on her flight around the world--and mysteriously disappears over the South Pacific--Uncle Sam enlists Heller in a clandestine search of Japanese waters for the popular Earhart.and the top-secret plane she was flying. Blending the unsolved mystery and historical facts swirling around Earhart's disappearance with Heller's sarcastic wit, Max Allan Collins delivers another riveting tale of intrigue and betrayal, taking Heller far from his native Chicago. As he investigates, Heller discovers a treacherous plot involving marital betrayal and the U.S. government. Heller's secret undercover mission leads to Saipan where Earhart is believed to be held prisoner. But Nate's heartbreaking attempted rescue leads the detective to return, many years later, to extract his final revenge.
MAX ALLAN COLLINS was hailed in 2004 by Publisher's Weekly as a new breed of writer. A frequent Mystery Writers of America Edgar nominee, he has earned an unprecedented fifteen Private Eye Writers of America Shamus nominations for his historical thrillers, winning for his Nathan Heller novels True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991).
His graphic novel Road to Perdition is the basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks, directed by Sam Mendes. His many comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy, his own Ms. Tree and BATMAN.
He has been called the novelization king by Entertainment Weekly, with tie-in books on the USA TODAY bestseller list nine times and the New York Times list twice. His movie novels include Saving Private Ryan, Windtalkers, Daylight, I Spy, U.S Marshals, Air Force One, Maverick, U-571, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King. He also wrote the prose version of the movie based on his own Road to Perdition. His TV tie-in work includes novels based on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NYPD Blue, Dark Angel and Bones.
His graphic novel Road to Perdition is the basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks, directed by Sam Mendes. His many comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy, his own Ms. Tree and BATMAN.
He has been called the novelization king by Entertainment Weekly, with tie-in books on the USA TODAY bestseller list nine times and the New York Times list twice. His movie novels include Saving Private Ryan, Windtalkers, Daylight, I Spy, U.S Marshals, Air Force One, Maverick, U-571, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King. He also wrote the prose version of the movie based on his own Road to Perdition. His TV tie-in work includes novels based on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NYPD Blue, Dark Angel and Bones.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780525943112 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525943110 |
| Title | Flying Blind |
| Author | Max Allan Collins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Year published | 1998-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 343 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Shamus Award (Private Eye Novel) 1999 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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