{"product_id":"mike-hammer-masquerade-for-murder-isbn-9781785655562","title":"Mike Hammer: Masquerade for Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition \u003c\/i\u003ebreathes new life into Mickey Spillane’s iconic character, Mike Hammer—the hard-boiled PI who paved the way for James Bond and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e’s Jack Bauer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA martial arts killer terrorizes Wall Street—and only tough-guy, rough-around-the-edges Mike Hammer can bring him to justice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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?“For readers of a younger age, Collins may become as synonymous with the Hammer character as Spillane was and is for seasoned fans. If that happens, it will be because he has earned it. My guess is that Spillane, if he were alive, would be overjoyed by that occurrence. Read MASQUERADE FOR MURDER and see why.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—BookReporter\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Spillane fans will be pleased to see how well Collins captures the brash tone but everyman personality of the latter-day Hammer without trying to imitate the character’s infamous vigilante crusades of earlier years. Spillane (1918–2006) would be proud of how well Collins has maintained his legacy.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“Honestly, having writer Max Allan Collins turn in another Mike Hammer novel in this Legacy series is like our enjoying the gift that never stops giving...Blood flows as is the norm in any Hammer caper with a conclusion we soundly approved of. We think you will too.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e“Collins at his best, vintage Hammer, and indistinguishable from classic Mickey Spillane–as if Spillane never really left.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Borg.com, Best of 2020\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One-time king of American pulp fiction Mickey Spillane left a stock of literary fragments for Max Allan Collins to expand into full-length novels. And a first-rate job he makes of it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning \u003ci\u003eNathan Heller\u003c\/i\u003e series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He was chosen as a 2017 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300212887781,"sku":"NP9781785655562","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781785655562.jpg?v=1767732685","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mike-hammer-masquerade-for-murder-isbn-9781785655562","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}