Last Quarry
Notorious hitman Quarry, star of the Cinemax series, comes out of retirement for one last assignment when a media mogul hires him to assassinate a beautiful young…librarian? Twists and sexy surprises abound as Quarry delivers justice in his violent but principled fashion.
THE BOOK THAT IGNITED THE QUARRY REVIVAL!
The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hitman into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one: Why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead?
Discover the volume that brought Quarry back after an 18-year hiatus and inspired a feature film, a Cinemax series, a comic book, and 10 more novels.
Max Allan Collins was hailed in 2004 by Publishers Weekly as "a new breed of writer." A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991). In 2002, his graphic novel Road to Perdition was adapted into an Academy-Award winning film, starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law and Daniel Craig. He lives in Iowa, USA.