The MillionDollar Wound, Max Allan Collins
The MillionDollar Wound, Max Allan Collins
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The Million-Dollar Wound

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 9 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/25/2011

Synopsis

In 1942, Chicago P.I. Nate Heller and his childhood pal, boxer Barney Ross, join the Marines and see bloody action together at Guadalcanal. Upon his return to gangland Chicago, the shell-shocked Heller—more dangerous than ever—is thrust into the midst of an inter-gang war to depose Capone’s successor Frank Nitti, whose minions are infiltrating Hollywood movie unions.In this crushing finale to rough-and-tumble Nate Heller’s Frank Nitti trilogy, Max Allan Collins delves into the damaged psyche of war veterans as a full-on gangland war threatens to explode. As tempers in Hollywood flare-up, Heller attempts to solve a murder committed behind enemy lines, and deal with the drug addiction of his friend Barney. But not even the company of fan dancer Sally Rand can ease Heller’s conscience as he is haunted by the events at Guadalcanal even as he’s surrounded by the murder and mayhem of Nitti’s final, violent days.

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins has earned fifteen Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away, and receiving the PWA life achievement award, the Eye. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, which is the basis of the Academy Award–winning film starring Tom Hanks, was followed by two novels, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. His suspense series include Quarry, Nolan, Mallory, and Eliot Ness, and his numerous comics credits include the syndicated Dick Tracy and his own Ms. Tree. He has written and directed four feature films and two documentaries. His other produced screenplays include “The Expert,” an HBO World Premiere. His coffee-table book The History of Mystery received nominations for every major mystery award and Men’s Adventure Magazines won the Anthony Award. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins. They have collaborated on seven novels and numerous short stories, and are currently writing the “Trash ‘n’ Treasures” mysteries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on September 05, 2021

The most challenging Nate Heller book that I have read. By "challenging," I mean that Max Allan Collins has, by construction and content, set the bar very high. We are jumping between Chicago in the late 1930s and early 1940s. There are stops in a DC hospital and war in the South Pacific. For a whil......more

Goodreads review by Steven on February 06, 2018

This is a great detective novel. Of the three in this ceries this was my favorite. I highly recommend this ceries to all. Enjoy and Be Blessed. Diamond......more

Goodreads review by Glen on November 14, 2021

After almost getting killed during a hit, Nathan Heller finds himself in the Marines, and sent to Guadalcanal, where there's heavy action. When he gets back to Chicago, he has a lot of trouble re-adjusting. He gets sucked into another case, which continues from previous history. Pretty good. Not as......more

Goodreads review by Frank on August 23, 2022

This is the third novel in Collins' Nate Heller series and the third of the Frank Nitti trilogy. In this one, Nate starts out in a hospital with amnesia, not knowing who he is or why he is in the hospital. Then with the help of hypnotism, he remembers his experiences on Guadalcanal with his friend,......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on August 29, 2023

This is a truly amazing book for anyone familiar with Chicago and the era of crime bosses. I read this third book of a series first and will backtrack before long to read other books of the series. I found the war scenes early in the book some of the most gripping battlefield action I have ever read......more

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