{"product_id":"the-first-quarry-isbn-9781835411780","title":"The First Quarry","description":"BIG MAN ON CAMPUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently \u003ci\u003eTHE LAST QUARRY\u003c\/i\u003e, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lullaby\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But where did Quarry's story start?  For first time ever, the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eROAD TO PERDITION\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins…Acclaim for THE LAST QUARRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality...classic pulp fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e— USA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Collins’ witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As cool as an Eskimo Pie on a hot summer day and as sharp as a Ginsu knife.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Milwaukee Journal SentinelAuthor of \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries, \u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.","brand":"Hard Case Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233664905445,"sku":"NP9781835411780","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781835411780.jpg?v=1767739355","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-first-quarry-isbn-9781835411780","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}