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Killing Town

Killing Town( )
Author: Spillane, Mickey
Collins, Max Allan
Series title:Mike Hammer Ser.
ISBN:978-1-78565-550-0
Publication Date:Jul 2018
Publisher:Titan Books Limited
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $32.99
Book Description:

Celebrating 100 years of Mickey Spillane

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...
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Book Details
Pages:240
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.002 x 24.13 x 2.286 cm
Book Weight:0.509 Kilograms
Author Biography
Spillane, Mickey (Author)
Mickey Spillane was born Frank Morrison Spillane in Brooklyn, New York on March 9, 1918. He briefly attended Fort Hays State College in Kansas, but dropped out, moved back to New York, and began his writing career in the mid-1930s. His first stories were published mostly in comic books and pulp magazines. He created Mike Danger, a private detective, and also wrote for Captain America, Captain Marvel, and The Human Torch. During World War II, he worked as a flying instructor for the U.S. Army Air Force.

His first novel, I, the Jury, featured Mike Hammer and was published in 1947. His other novels include Vengeance Is Mine; My Gun Is Quick; The Big Kill; Kiss Me, Deadly; The Long Wait; and The Deep. Between 1952 and 1961 Spillane stopped writing full-length novels after converting to a Jehovah's Witness. In 1962, he brought Hammer back with The Girl Hunters, which was followed by Day of the Guns, The Death Dealers, The Twisted Thing, and Body Lovers. He also wrote two children's books, The Day the Sea Rolled Back, which won a prize from the Junior Literary Guild, and The Ship That Never Was. In 1995, he received the Grand Master award from the Mystery Writers of America. In the mid-1990s, he returned to comic books, by co-creating a futuristic Mike Danger. He died following a long illness on July 17, 2006 at the age of 88.

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