| Description |
229 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006.
Mike Hammer mysteries.
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| Summary |
Mike Hammer steals a ride on a train upstate to Killington. But he is welcomed by a nasty surprise: he is accused by police of raping and murdering a young woman near the freight yards. Roughed up by the cops and facing a murder charge, Hammer's future looks bleak. Only a beautiful blonde, Melba Charles--daughter of powerful Senator Charles--might possibly save him... if he pays the price. But why would Melba help save a man she has never met? And, more to the point, where is the real murderer? From a brittle, brown manuscript, the first Mike Hammer novel--begun by Mickey Spillane in the mid-forties and completed seventy years later by Max Allan Collins--is a gift to mystery fans on the occasion of the noir master's 100th birthday. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Rape -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Forced marriage -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Mystery fiction.
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Noir fiction.
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| Added Author |
Collins, Max Allan, author.
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| ISBN |
9781785655500 |
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