{"product_id":"mike-hammer-lady-go-die-isbn-9780857689764","title":"Mike Hammer: Lady, Go Die!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA never-before-published chapter in Mickey Spillane’s classic series of hard-boiled crime, featuring tough-guy PI Mike Hammer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhen Mike Hammer and his secretary-turned-lover, Velda, go on vacation to a Long Island beach town, Hammer becomes embroiled in the mystery of a missing New York party girl who lives nearby. When the woman turns up naked—and dead—astride the statue of a horse in the town square, Hammer feels compelled to investigate . . . Shuttling back and forth between Long Island and the city, Hammer finds himself going toe-to-toe with illegal gamblers, corrupt small-town cops, mobsters, and other shady characters who threaten to tear him down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Go Die!\u003c\/i\u003e is Mickey Spillane's lost 1940s Mike Hammer novel, written between\u003ci\u003e I, the Jury\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Gun Is Quick\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCompleted by Spillane's friend and literary executor Max Allan Collins, this uncovered gem of hard-boiled crime fiction is finally making its way into print almost 70 years after its inception.”Once again, Collins displays his mastery of Spillane’s distinctive two-fisted prose.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Collins knows the pistol-packing PI inside and out, and Hammer’s vigilante rage (and gruff way with the ladies) reads authentically.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMickey Spillane \u003c\/b\u003eis the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II as a result of the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammer novels. Spillane's novels sold tens of millions of copies—\u003ci\u003eI, The Jury\u003c\/i\u003e went through more than 60 paperback printings in 1947 alone. In 1995, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Before his death at the age of 88 in 2006, Spillane chose long-time friend Max Allan Collins to complete his unfinished work and act as his literary executor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling, award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Road to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e, the graphic novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie starring Paul Newman and Tom Hanks, and of the acclaimed Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Also a filmmaker himself, Collins' films include the documentary \u003ci\u003eMike Hammer's Mickey Spillane\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303330009317,"sku":"NP9780857689764","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780857689764.jpg?v=1767732684","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mike-hammer-lady-go-die-isbn-9780857689764","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}