Max Allan Collins Livres

Le crâne rasé, un code-barres tatoué sur la nuque, la petite Max, neuf ans, est un des cobayes sélectionnés par les militaires du Projet Manticore. Un jour, ces enfants génétiquement modifiés seront d'impitoyables soldats d'élite ! La brutalité du colonel Lydecker dépassant les bornes, tous les gamins décident de s'évader. Séparée de ses camarades, Max apprend à survivre dans les Etats-Unis de 2009, ravagés par une attaque terroriste et un cataclysme naturel. Dix ans plus tard, devenue cambrioleuse de haut vol dans un gang de Los Angeles, elle n'a rien oublié de ses traumatismes passés. Et elle donnerait tout ce qu'elle a pour retrouver les anciennes victimes de Manticore - sa seule vraie famille !

Suite des aventures d'Eliot Ness à Cleveland après qu'il eut vaincu Al Capone à Chicago.

Book 1 (of 5): A duel between retro-punk rappers from the white-hot music scene in Las Vegas ends with one of them murdered. The problem for Gil Grissom and his team of crime scene investigators isn't a lack of suspects, it's too many--each with his or her own reason to want Busta Kapp dead. But when the suspects start becoming murder victims themselves, Grissom knows he's got to solve this case in a hurry - before the victim list goes off the charts!

Set against the backdrop of Cold War tensions, the narrative follows Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the US as he seeks to ease hostilities. His agenda includes a whimsical trip to Disneyland and a meeting with the iconic Marilyn Monroe, highlighting the cultural exchanges that occur even amidst political strife. The story explores the contrasts between the two superpowers and the unexpected connections that can arise in a divided world.

True Crime detective Nathan Heller returns in a brand new case that connects a millionaire's kidnapped child to Robert F. Kennedy's campaign to bring down union boss Jimmy Hoffa.

A classic Mike Hammer story from the New York Times bestselling authors Max Allan Collins and the master of noir Mickey Spillane, featuring a brand-new, never before seen, alternative ending. Recuperating in Florida after the mob shoot-out that nearly claimed his life, Mike Hammer learns that an old mentor on the New York police force has committed suicide. Hammer returns for the funeral—and because he knows that Inspector Doolan would never have killed himself. When a woman is murdered practically on the funeral’s doorstep, Hammer is drawn into the hunt for a cache of Nazi diamonds and for the mysterious woman who had been close to Doolan in his final days. Everything leads to a Mafia social club where Hammer and his .45 come calling, initiating the wildest showdown since Spillane’s classic One Lonely Night.

The story follows a young woman whose horrific nightmares reveal the gruesome acts of a serial killer. As she grapples with the chilling connection between her dreams and the real-life murders, she embarks on a harrowing journey to uncover the truth. The narrative delves into themes of fear, trauma, and the psychological impact of violence, as her quest for answers puts her own life in jeopardy. Tension escalates as she races against time to stop the killer before she becomes the next victim.

THE LOST FIRST MIKE HAMMER THRILLER! The lost book that begins the iconic Mike Hammer series by Mickey Spillane, finally completed by Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition. "When someone frames me for rape and murder, I take it personal..." Mike Hammer steals a ride on a train upstate to Killington. But he arrives to a nasty surprise; he is accused by police of raping and murdering a young woman near the freight yards. Roughed up by the cops and facing a murder charge, Hammer's fate looks bleak until a beautiful blonde, Melba Charles--daughter of Senator Charles--gives him an unexpected alibi. But there is a price for clearing his name: he is to marry her. Why would Melba jump in to save a man she has never met before? And, more to the point, where is the real murderer?