Collins, Max Allan

Chicago confidential : a Nathan Heller novel by Max Allan Collins( Book )
6 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 950 libraries worldwide
In 1950, when a congressional investigation into organized crime sparks an all-out mob war that claims the life of his partner, private detective Nathan Heller returns to his native Chicago to find the killer.

Flying blind : a novel of Amelia Earhart by Max Allan Collins( Book )
10 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and Chinese and held by 889 libraries worldwide
In 1970s Chicago, PI Nathan Heller is hired to solve the case of Amelia Earhart, the aviatrix who went missing on her round-the-world flight. A tall order, given the flight took place in 1937, but he succeeds nevertheless.

Saving Private Ryan by Max Allan Collins( Book )
32 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in 11 languages and held by 889 libraries worldwide
During World War II, a squad of American soldiers led by Captain John Miller embarks on a dangerous special mission - go behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat.

Blood and thunder : a Nathan Heller novel by Max Allan Collins( Book )
9 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in English and French and held by 844 libraries worldwide
PI Nate Heller of Chicago is hired by the widow of Senator Huey Long, a Louisiana politician, to find out for insurance purposes whether the bullet that killed him was fired by an assassin, therefore murder, or did he die in crossfire when his own bodyguards opened fire, therefore an accident. The truth, Heller learns, is far more sinister. By the author of Carnal Hours.

Damned in paradise : a Nathan Heller novel by Max Allan Collins( Book )
11 editions published between 1996 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 833 libraries worldwide
In 1930s Hawaii, after a local man is found innocent of rape by a court, someone kills him. Police arrest the raped woman's husband--a naval lieutenant--and charge him with murder. But did the lieutenant really do it? PI Heller's probe is complicated by distractions from a pretty woman.

The million-dollar wound by Max Allan Collins( Book )
21 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 781 libraries worldwide
The bestselling author of "Road to Perdition" concludes his Frank Nitti trilogy as private eye Nate Heller becomes involved once again with Nitti during the gang boss's last violent days. Features a new Introduction by the author. Martin's Press.

Kiss her goodbye : a Mike Hammer novel by Mickey Spillane( Book )
7 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 760 libraries worldwide
Returning to 1970s New York to investigate an old friend's alleged suicide, Mike Hammer is drawn into a hunt for a cache of Nazi diamonds and a beautiful missing woman who had been close to the victim in his final days.

True detective by Max Allan Collins( Book )
25 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 759 libraries worldwide
Because he will not sell out, Nate Heller is forced to quit the police force and becomes a private investigator trying to stay alive in Chicago streets.

Carnal hours : a Nathan Heller novel by Max Allan Collins( Book )
6 editions published between 1994 and 2012 in English and Chinese and held by 658 libraries worldwide
PI Nate Heller of Chicago is hired by Sir Harry Oakes, an English billionaire living in the Bahamas, to find material that will compromise his son-in-law. No sooner has the order been given, than Oakes is found dead.

Bye bye, baby by Max Allan Collins( Book )
5 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 583 libraries worldwide
Hired by Marilyn Monroe to listen to threatening phone calls from a movie studio that wants to fire her, private investigator Nate Heller discovers a conspiracy to murder the iconic star and faces a career-ending challenge when Monroe turns up dead. Marilyn Monroe, the ultimate goddess of the silver screen, is at the peak of her popularity, internationally famous, universally admired by women and desired by men. But she's also famously insecure and temperamental and is being pilloried in the press for delaying the production of Something's Got to Give. When the head of Twentieth Century Fox threatens to cancel her contract, Marilyn hires "PI to the stars" Nathan Heller to tap her phones and record conversations that might prove to be important if there's a lawsuit. Less than three months later, Monroe is dead from an overdose and, officially, a suicide. But Heller isn't buying it. He knows that in the weeks before, the star was anything but suicidal. He knows, too, about her affair with JFK, about the secret connections between the Kennedys and the Mob ... and about Bobby Kennedy's blood feud with Jimmy Hoffa. In short, Heller knows too much to accept this bum rap on a beautiful, gifted woman loved by the whole world ... including Nathan Heller. So he investigates, though his efforts might enrage some very famous, very powerful, very dangerous people. But they can't keep Heller from finding out the astounding truth behind Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise.