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Max Allan Collins
[1948-]
The Hammer Award from Private
Eye Writers of America for Nate Heller, 2012
The Eye, Lifetime Achievement Award from Private
Eye Writers of America, 2006
Grand
Master Award from Mystery Writers of America, 2017 |
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Nolan, an aging thief in Iowa: |
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Bait
Money (1973)
Blood
Money (1973)
Fly Paper (1981)
Hush
Money (1981) |
Hard
Cash (1981)
Scratch
Fever (1982)
Spree (1987)
Mourn
the Living (1999)
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Quarry, a psychotic Vietnam vet and hired
killer in Iowa: |
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The Broker (1976)
APA: Quarry (1985)
The Broker’s Wife (1976)
APA: Quarry’s List (1985)
The Dealer (1976)
APA: Quarry’s Deal (1986)
The Slasher (1977)
APA: Quarry’s Cut (1986)
Primary
Target (1987)
APA: Quarry’s Vote (2010)
Quarry's
Greatest Hits (2003)
The
Last Quarry (2006)
The
First Quarry (2008) [prequel]
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Quarry
in the Middle (2009)
Quarry’s
Ex (2010)
The Wrong Quarry (2014)
Quarry’s Choice (2015)
Quarry in the Black (2016)
Quarry’s Climax (2017)
Killing Quarry (2019)
Quarry’s Blood (2022)
Quarry’s Return (2024) |
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Nate Heller, a 1930s
ex-cop turned private eye, in Chicago, Illinois: |
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True
Detective (1983)
True
Crime (1984)
The
Million-Dollar Wound (1986)
Neon
Mirage (1988)
Dying in the Post-War World (1991) [novella and SS]
Stolen
Away (1991)
Carnal
Hours (1994)
Blood
and Thunder (1995)
Damned
in Paradise (1996)
Flying
Blind (1998)
Majic
Man (1999) |
Angel
in Black (2001)
Kisses
of Death (2001) [SS]
Chicago
Confidential (2002)
Bye
Bye, Baby (2011)
Chicago
Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories (2011)
[SS]
Triple
Play (2012) [3 novellas]
Target
Lancer (2012)
Ask Not (2013)
Better Dead (2016)
Do No Harm (2020)
The Big Bundle (2023)
Too Many Bullets (2024) |
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Mallory, a small-town student mystery
writer in Iowa: |
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No
Cure for Death (1983)
The
Baby Blue Rip-Off (1983)
Kill
Your Darlings (1984) |
A
Shroud for Aquarius (1985)
Nice
Weekend for a Murder (1986) |
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Eliot Ness, a 1930s public safety officer
in Cleveland, Ohio: |
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The
Dark City (1987)
Butcher's
Dozen (1988) |
Bullet
Proof (1989)
Murder
by the Numbers (1993) |
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CSI (TV Tie-in) Crime
scene investigators, in either Las Vegas, Nevada, or Miami, Florida: |
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Double
Dealer (2001)
Sin
City (2002)
Florida
Getaway (2002)
Cold
Burn (2003)
Body
of Evidence (2003) |
Heat
Wave (2004)
Grave
Matters (2004)
Demon
House (2004)
Killing
Game (CSI) (2005)
Snake
Eyes (2006) |
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Criminal Minds (TV Tie-in): |
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Jump
Cut (2007)
Killer
Profile (2008) |
Finishing
School (2008) |
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Maggie Starr, America’s most famous
ex-striptease artist, running her late husband’s newspaper syndicate, and
her stepson Jack, her VP and chief troubleshooter, in 1948 Manhattan, New
York City: |
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A
Killing in Comics (2007)
Strip for Murder (2008) |
Seduction of the Innocent (2013)
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Joe Reeder, an ex-Secret Service agent, and Patti Rogers, an FBI special agent: |
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Supreme Justice (2014)
Fate of the Union (2015) |
Executive Order (2017) |
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Caleb York, a lawman heading to California, but stalled in Trinidad, New Mexico, in a western series, written with Mickey Spillane: |
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The Legend of Caleb York (2015) |
The Big Showdown (2016) |
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Non-series: |
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Air
Force One1 (1997)
The
Titanic Murders (1999)
The
Mummy1 (1999)
U-571 (2000)
The
Hindenburg Murders (2000)
The
Pearl Harbor Murders (2001)
Blue
Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides (2001)
The
Mummy Returns1 (2001)
Road
to Perdition (2002)
The
Lusitania Murders (2002)
For
the Boys (2003) |
The
London Blitz Murders (2004)
Road
to Perdition: On the Road (2004)
The
War of the Worlds Murder (2005)
My
Lolita Complex and Other Tales of Sex and Violence (2006) [SS]
Deadly
Beloved (2007)
American
Gangster1 (2007)
You
Can’t Stop Me (2010)
What Doesn't Kill Her (2013)
Girl Most Likely (2019)
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Non-fiction: |
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Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction (2023)
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