Bye Bye, Baby, Max Allan Collins
Bye Bye, Baby, Max Allan Collins
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Bye Bye, Baby

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/16/2011

Categories: Fiction

Synopsis

PI Nathan Heller returns in Bye Bye, Baby, as Max Allan Collins brings to life a vivid star-studded cast, from JFK and RFK to Frank Sinatra and Peter Lawford, from Jimmy Hoffa and Joe DiMaggio to Hugh Hefner and Sam Giancana. This is a Hollywood tale you never thought could happen...but probably did. It's 1962, and Twentieth Century Fox is threatening to fire Marilyn Monroe. The blond goddess hires Nate Heller, private eye to the stars, to tap her phone so she will have a record of their calls in case they take her to court. When Heller starts listening, he uncovers far more than nasty conversations. The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia—even the Russians—are involved in actions focused on Marilyn. She's the quintessential American cultural icon, idolized by women, desired by men, but her private life is... complicated...and her connection to the Kennedys makes her an object of interest to some parties with sinister intentions. Not long after Heller signs on, Marilyn winds up dead of a convenient overdose. The detective feels he owes her, and the Kennedys, with whom he busted up corrupt unions in the 1950s. But now, as Heller investigates all possible people—famous, infamous, or deeply cloaked—who might be responsible for Marilyn's death, he realizes that what has become his most challenging assignment may also be the end of him.

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller historical thrillers; his other books include the New York Times bestseller Saving Private Ryan and the bestselling CSI series. His comics writing ranges from the graphic novel Road to Perdition, source of the Tom Hanks film, to long runs as scripter of the “Dick Tracy” comic strip and his own innovative “Ms. Tree.” Collins is also a screenwriter and a leading Indie filmmaker. He lives in Iowa with his wife, writer Barbara Collins, and their son, Nathan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on August 02, 2012

Marilyn Monroe has affairs with both JFK and RFK! The FBI and the Mafia are secretly recording everything! She dies under mysterious circumstances and powerful people cover it up! Then she runs off with Elvis after he faked his death to live with the aliens hidden in Area 51! OK, so maybe that last o......more

Goodreads review by Josh on December 06, 2017

The events surrounding the death of Marilyn Monroe have always intrigued me and the 15th installment in the Nate Heller P.I series delves deep into the conspiracy to form a nice fictional period piece of the events in the lead up to the Hollywood starlet's untimely demise, while adding to Heller's a......more

Goodreads review by Frank on February 05, 2023

Max Allan Collins is a very prolific mystery writer who has written comics and graphic novels including Road to Perdition and scores of crime novels including several mystery series. These include his Quarry, Nathan Heller, Nolan, and Disaster series. I have read several of his novels and really enj......more

Goodreads review by Ed on August 22, 2011

4.5 stars. As a rule, I shy away from any novels using famous personalities as their main players, but not for this first-rate historical private eye tale. P.I. Nate Heller, older and wiser but still tough-nosed and hardboiled, befriends Norma Jeane. At her request, he taps her phone and then her in......more

Goodreads review by Glen on July 14, 2015

I've read a lot of Max Allan Collins's work, and while he is a very talented writer, he has one big flaw which tends to stand out the most in the Nathan Heller series. Collins is a member of the worst generation: A baby boomer who watched the Big Chill way too many times, and thinks that movie is ac......more

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