In 1942, Chicago P.I. Nate Heller and his childhood pal, boxer Barney Ross, join the Marines and see bloody action together at Guadalcanal. Upon his return to gangland Chicago, the shell-shocked Hellermore dangerous than everis thrust into the midst of an inter-gang war to depose Capones successor Frank Nitti, whose minions are infiltrating Hollywood movie unions. In this crushing finale to rough-and-tumble Nate Hellers Frank Nitti trilogy, Max Allan Collins delves into the damaged psyche of war veterans as a full-on gangland war threatens to explode. As tempers in Hollywood flare-up, Heller attempts to solve a murder committed behind enemy lines, and deal with the drug addiction of his friend Barney. But not even the company of fan dancer Sally Rand can ease Hellers conscience as he is haunted by the events at Guadalcanal even as hes surrounded by the murder and mayhem of Nittis final, violent days.
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Publication Date: 13 Sep 2011
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781612180953
About Max Allan Collins
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 Awardwinning 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 Mens 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.