“Hardboiled is alive and kicking; for a pulp fix this nails it pretty good.”
– Crime Fiction Lover
“The amusing conceit of a town for snitches allows full rein for Hammer’s signature blend of violence, chastely described lust, and revenge served cold, with several surprising twists thrown in as a bonus. Like the denizens of its imagined retirement community, you just can’t keep this franchise down.” Kirkus
PRAISE FOR MICKEY SPILLANE
Mike Hammer is an icon of our culture. – The New York Times
A superb writer. Spillane is one of the century’s bestselling authors. – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
PRAISE FOR MAX ALLAN COLLINS
[Collins] has no problem serving up Hammer the same way Spillane did, with plenty of mayhem, violence, and sex, dished out in straight-ahead, no-frills prose, right on target, so direct, with no room for sissy stuff like digressions, detours, or doubts. Hammer is a shark that needs to keep swimming to survive, and Collins tosses plenty of chum into these waters… It’s the real deal, folks: primo, primal detective fiction. Pass the peanuts.
– Mystery Scene
Max Allan Collins is the closest thing we have to a 21st century Mickey Spillane. – ThisWeek (Ohio)
Collins’ witty, hardboiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud. – Entertainment Weekly
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