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The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume I
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneA Triple-Shot Anthology Fromthe Undisputed Master of Detective Fiction.In Mickey Spillane's classic detective novels, the action exploded in a bone-crunching catharsis. Men and women didn't make love, they collided. Tough brutes used their fists to drive home a message. Tougher broads used guile. And no one's morals were loftier than the gutter. No apologies. Little redemption. They rendered critics powerless, shocked intellectuals, inspired a new wave of pulp mayhem, and left the public hungry for more.Given their hot, fever-pitch prose and breathless pacing, Spillane's Mike Hammer novels quickly became one of the most successful series in publishing history--an innovative, no-holds-barred, ultravisceral explosion of sex and violence that made Hammer a literary legend, and Spillane, one of the bestselling authors of all time. After fifty years, neither has lost their power to sucker punch the reader.Find out for yourself in this first-time ever omnibus featuring the first three Mike Hammer novels by the living master of the hard-boiled mystery...
The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 2
by Mickey SpillaneIncludes the books: One Lonely Night, The Big Kill, and Kiss Me, Deadly.
The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 1
by Mickey SpillaneIncludes the stories: I, The Jury, My Gun is Quick, and Vengeance is Mine!
The Mike Hammer Collection
by Mickey SpillaneA Triple-Shot Anthology From the Undisputed Master of Detective Fiction. In Mickey Spillane's classic detective novels, the action exploded in a bone-crunching catharsis. Men and women didn't make love, they collided. Tough brutes used their fists to drive home a message. Tougher broads used guile. And no one's morals were loftier than the gutter. No apologies. Little redemption. They rendered critics powerless, shocked intellectuals, inspired a new wave of pulp mayhem, and left the public hungry for more. Given their hot, fever-pitch prose and breathless pacing, Spillane’s Mike Hammer novels quickly became one of the most successful series in publishing history—an innovative, no-holds-barred, ultravisceral explosion of sex and violence that made Hammer a literary legend, and Spillane, one of the bestselling authors of all time. After fifty years, neither has lost their power to sucker punch the reader. Find out for yourself in this first-time ever omnibus featuring the first three Mike Hammer novels by the living master of the hard-boiled mystery… .
The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume II
by Mickey Spillane"There's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate." --The New York TimesApparently. With his trend-setting Mike Hammer detective novels, Mickey Spillane shot to superstardom as one of the most notorious bestselling sensations in publishing history. This powerhouse collection includes three of the master's long-out-of-print greatest novels-together for the first time in one explosive volume:The Big KillOne Lonely NightKiss Me, DeadlyIncludes a special introduction by Shamus and Edgar Award-winner Lawrence Block
The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume II
by Mickey SpillaneThere's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate. -The New York TimesApparently. With his trend-setting Mike Hammer detective novels, Mickey Spillane shot to superstardom as one of the most notorious bestselling sensations in publishing history. This powerhouse collection includes three of the master's long-out-of-print greatest novels-together for the first time in one explosive volume:The Big KillOne Lonely NightKiss Me, DeadlyIncludes a special introduction by Shamus and Edgar Award-winner Lawrence Block
The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume III
by Mickey Spillane Max Allan CollinsA trio of classic novels in the third omnibus from "the king of hard boiled crime fiction" (USA Today). "There's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate" (New York Times), and it's in full force in this collection of three of his greatest Mike Hammer novels: The Girl Hunters: Hammer's voluptuous, long-lost love is targeted by the mastermind assassin known as the Dragon. The Snake: Protecting a runaway blonde, Hammer trades barbs and lead with crooked politicos, snarling hoods, and sex-hungry females. The Twisted Thing: A kidnapping case links Hammer to a fourteen year-old mystery and the most venomous killer the private eye has ever faced.
The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume IV
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneFor old fans and newcomers alike, an ebook-exclusive collection of four classic Mike Hammer novels from bestselling crime fiction icon Mickey SpillaneA killer preying on desperate women, setting Mike Hammer on a journey through the highs and lows of New York City society to find the truth. A nefarious underground network bent on destroying America.An ex-mobster, brutally murdered in Mike's office.And the promise of $89 billion, but only if he can evade the Mafia long enough to get it. Mike Hammer is a no-holds-barred detective featured in more than two dozen novels and short stories, as well as a number of films, TV series, comics, and radio series. This collection includes The Body Lovers, Survival...Zero!, The Killing Man, and Black Alley; reissued in a convenient digital omnibus to celebrate Spillane's 100th birthday with an introduction from Max Allan Collins.
Mike Hammer - Complex 90
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneHammer accompanies a conservative politician to Moscow on a fact-finding mission. Arrested and imprisoned by the KGB on a bogus charge; he quickly escapes, creating an international incident by getting into a fire fight with Russian agents.On his stateside return, the government is none too happy with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his return to stand charges, and various government agencies are following him. A question dogs our hero: why him? Why does Russia want him back, and why was he singled out to accompany the senator to Russia in the first place?
Mike Hammer - Dig Two Graves
by Mickey Spillane Max Allan CollinsMike Hammer, the iconic PI created by the master of noir Mickey Spillane, takes on the mob in the first of two gripping final novels for the deadly private eye.Winter 1964. After a hit-and-run accident nearly kills her mother, Mike Hammer&’s partner (both in life and the PI business), Velda Sterling, learns her father is not who she thought he is. Seeking to uncover her true, troubling heritage, Velda and Mike travel to Phoenix, Arizona—and sunny Dreamland Park, where retired law enforcement officers protect and corral notorious criminals held under Witness Protection.Mike and Velda find themselves swept up in escalating violence, fueled by the missing millions from an armored-car robbery, which leads them to a deadly midnight confrontation in a cemetery—where secrets are buried and open graves await.
Mike Hammer - The Goliath Bone
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneFrom the New York Times bestselling author Max Allan Collins and the iconic master of noir Mickey Spillane comes the first book in the Mike Hammer series.In the midst of a Manhattan snowstorm, Hammer halts the violent robbery of a pair of college sweethearts who have stumbled onto a remarkable archaeological find in the Valley of Elah: the perfectly preserved femur of what may have been the biblical giant Goliath. Hammer postpones his marriage to his faithful girlfriend, Velda, to fight a foe deadlier than the mobsters and KGB agents of his past--Islamic terrorists and Israeli extremists bent upon recovering the relic for their own agendas.
Mike Hammer - King of the Weeds
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneHammer finds himself up against a clever serial killer targeting only cops. A killer his old friend Captain Pat Chambers had put away many years ago is suddenly freed on new, seemingly indisputable evidence, and Hammer wonders if this seemingly placid, very odd old man might somehow be engineering cop killings that all seem to be either accidental or by natural causes. At the same time Hammer and Velda are dealing with the fallout - some of it mob, some of it federal government - over the $89 billion dollar cache the detective is (rightly) suspected of finding not long ago.
Mike Hammer - Kiss Her Goodbye
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneA 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.
Mike Hammer - Masquerade for Murder
by Mickey Spillane Max Allan CollinsMike Hammer, the iconic PI created by hard-boiled crime master Mickey Spillane and written by New York Times bestseller Max Allan Collins, returns in Masquerade for Murder. After Mike Hammer witnesses Wall Street superstar Vincent Colby getting clipped by a speeding red Ferrari, the shaken victim's stockbroker father hires Hammer to find the driver. But the toughest private eye of them all soon is caught up in a series of bizarre, seemingly unconnected slayings marked by a forbidden martial arts technique. What do a lovely redhead, a short-tempered bartender, an exotic call girl, a murdered police inspector and a movie stuntman have to do with a scheme that might have transformed young Colby into a psychological time bomb?
Mike Hammer - Murder, My Love
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneHammer is summoned to a meeting with Jamie Winters, United States Senator from New York, and Jamie's lovely, very smart wife, Nicole, considered by many to be the power behind the throne. Winters is being blackmailed, and Hammer is given a list of suspects who may be behind the threats to the Senator's career. But when the suspects begin to drop like flies, Hammer realises there is more to this case than just a salacious tape.
Mike Hammer - Murder Never Knocks
by Mickey Spillane Max Allan CollinsA failed attempt on his life by a contract killer gets Mike Hammer riled up. But it also lands him an unlikely job: security detail for a Hollywood producer having a party to honor his beautiful fiance e, a rising Broadway star. But it's no walk in the park, as Hammer finds violence following him and his beautiful P.I. partner Velda into the swankiest of crime scenes.In the meantime, Hammer is trying to figure out who put the hitman on him. Is there a connection with the death of a newsstand operator who took a bullet meant for him? A shadowy figure looking for the kill of his life?
Mike Hammer - The Will to Kill
by Max Allan Collins Mickey SpillaneTaking a midnight stroll along the Hudson River, Mike Hammer gets more than he bargained for: a partial corpse on an ice floe. The body is that of a butler who spent the last years of his life working for a millionaire—also now deceased—and his notoriously privileged children.Were both master and servant murdered? Captain Pat Chambers thinks so. But to prove it Hammer must travel to upstate New York to investigate the dead man’s family, all of whom have a motive for murder, and one of whom who has a taste for it.
Mike Shayne's 50th Case (The Mike Shayne Mysteries #49)
by Brett HallidayMike Shayne tackles a baffling case of adultery and murder in the suburbs of Miami It's the 4th and final day of the convention, and Marvin Blake is ready to go home. Dreading the evening's festivities, he checks out of his hotel early and heads back to Sunray Beach, longing to see his wife, Ellie, and daughter, Sissy. When he reaches home late that night, his bedroom light is on--and his best friend's car is parked in the driveway. His wife has been unfaithful, and Blake knows what he must do. He checks into a motel, pulls out the stationery, and prepares to take his life. The next morning, Ellie is found in her bedroom, stark naked and strangled to death. Miami reporter Tim Rourke picks up the story and brings in the only man who can untangle this web of lies: Mike Shayne. A seasoned professional, Shayne may think he's seen it all, but he'll soon find that, in suburbia, murder is never what it seems. Michael Shayne's 50th Case is the 50th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel
by K. A. HoltBlast off to deep-space adventure and hijinks! Things are not so stellar for Mike Stellar. He is stunned when his parents inform him that he has only eight hours to pack before they move to Mars. Despite the fact that he suspects his parents are involved in a major sabotage plot; that the only person who believes him is a girl who won’t shut up; and that his mother’s assistant seems to be spying on Mike’s every move, Mike is dealing with the same things that every eleven-year-old deals with: bad cafeteria food, a strict limitation on his electronic use, and a teacher who is so old-fashioned she must be from the year 2099. With great humor and lots of action, K. A. Holt’s first novel is set to give summer reading an out-of-this-world blast of fun. From the Hardcover edition.
Mike's Mystery (Boxcar Children #5)
by Dirk Gringhuis Gertrude Chandler WarnerHenry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny used to live alone in a boxcar. Now they have a home with their grandfather and are spending the summer out west on Mystery Ranch. The excitement begins when they meet their old friend, Mike. When Mike is blamed for starting a fire, the Boxcar Children know he's innocent. But can they discover who's really behind Mike's Mystery - before it's too late?
Mike's Mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #5)
by Gertrude Chandler WarnerFour brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of a suspicious house fire in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.The Aldens head back to Mystery Ranch for another summer! They are thrilled to learn their friend Mike has moved to Yellow Sands—a new town nearby. But when a house fire breaks out and Mike is blamed for starting it, the Aldens must find the real culprit to help their friend.What started as a single story about the Alden Children has delighted readers for generations and sold more than 80 million books worldwide. Featuring timeless adventures, mystery, and suspense, The Boxcar Children® series continues to inspire children to learn, question, imagine, and grow.
Mike's Mystery & El misterio de Mike
by Gertrude Chandler WarnerBenny and his friend Mike are in trouble when they are curious about a uranium mine. Benny y su amigo Mike se meten en problemas cuando por curiosidad se ponen a investigar una mina de uranio. Desde su debut hace más de medio siglo, Los chicos del vagón de carga (The Boxcar Children Mysteries) ha sido una de las series infantiles más populares y apreciadas de todos los tiempos.
The Miko: The Ninja, The Miko, And White Ninja (The Nicholas Linnear Series #Bk. 2)
by Eric Van LustbaderA New York Times bestseller by the author of The Ninja: An American martial artist travels to Tokyo and becomes the target of an international conspiracy. When his best friend dies under suspicious circumstances, martial arts expert Nicholas Linnear vows revenge. And while he may look American, Linnear&’s childhood spent in the dojos of Japan taught him that vengeance must never be hurried. He takes a job for the billionaire industrialist who ordered the murder, planning to befriend his target during a trip to Tokyo. But even for a modern-day ninja, there is such a thing as too close for comfort. In the bustling city, Linnear finds far more to worry about than the intricacies of Japanese business. He is being pursued by a miko: a female assassin, part ninja and part sorceress, whose beauty is matched only by her skill in combat. Drawn into a tangle of corporate intrigue, international espionage, and hedonistic sex, Linnear will have to put revenge on hold if he is to leave Japan alive. From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author who currently writes the Jason Bourne novels, this is a &“swiftly paced and fascinating&” thriller that offers &“an intricately designed puzzle&” (Chicago Sun-Times).
Mila 18
by Leon Uris Baldomero Porta GouChris de Monti, un periodista americano, llega a Varsovia en tiempos de crisis, rebelión y heroismo. En Polonia ocupada por nazis, el despertar de un amor puede convertirse en tragedia y cambiar los objetivos de una vida. Chris se enamora de una judía que queda atrapada en el Gueto y jura vengar su muerte haciendo suya la causa de los judíos que desafían a los tanques de Hitler con piedras, armas de fabricación casera y hasta con puños desnudos.En su empeño conocerá la pérdida y la generosidad, la traición y la lealtad.Arrebatado el amor a manos de la muerte, Chris de Monti arriesga una vida que ya no le importa conservar solo para darse cuenta de que cada apocalipsis da lugar a nueva esperanza.Cuando todo termine, habrá salvado dos tesoros: las crónicas del sitio del Gueto y del levantamiento de los judíos, escritas por Alexander Brandel y el niño que lleva en su vientre la mujer del líder de la rebelión, asesinado por los nazis.
Milagro en Manhattan
by Eva Luz Carmona Pichardo Dee DawningBrad deja a sus amigos de trabajo en el Libation Station, para conocer a Ginger, una hermosa mujer como Elena de Troya. Ellos congeniaron, pero él se sorprende cuando ella revela que es una cortesana. Aun así, él está celebrando el haber recibido un ascenso y esta belleza es con quien él quiere terminar la noche. Todo va bien... Después de pasar un buen rato en la ciudad y una noche gloriosa en un cuarto de hotel en Manhattan, la pareja se despierta para descubrir una gran sorpresa. Basándose en un comentario hecho durante la celebración, un ángel novato, dejado a cargo, cambio el poder cerebral del cuerpo de uno al otro. Ahora Brad es Ginger y Ginger es Brad. La desconcertada pareja esta indignada, enojada y completamente desconcertada; pero, en plena confusión, Brad recuerda debe ir al trabajo a medio día para recibir su gran ascenso. Sin embargo, él ya no es Brad... y necesita que Ginger se encargue de eso. Y eso es sólo el principio…