The Quarry Series, Books 79, Max Allan Collins
The Quarry Series, Books 79, Max Allan Collins
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The Quarry Series, Books 7–9
The Last Quarry,The First Quarry, andQuarry in the Middle

Author: Max Allan Collins

Series: Quarry Series #7

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 12 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 01/07/2025


Synopsis

This collection includes books 7–9 in Max Allan Collins’s Quarry Series: The Last Quarry, The First Quarry, and Quarry in the MiddleThe Last Quarry: The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry long ago disappeared into a well-earned retirement. But now a media magnate has lured the restless hit man into tackling one last lucrative assignment. The target is an unlikely one—why, Quarry wonders, would anyone want a beautiful young librarian dead? And why in hell does he care?The First Quarry: Crime fiction listeners know Quarry—the ruthless killer for hire from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels—but where did Quarry’s story start? For the first time ever, the bestselling author of Road to Perdition takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful young students is the least of his sins.Quarry in the Middle: First there was The Last Quarry, then there was The First Quarry—now look who’s caught in the middle. The enigmatic hit man Quarry—star of seven celebrated novels and an award-winning feature film (The Last Lullaby)—is back in this violent, steamy tale of warring crime families. When two godfathers set out to bump each other off, guess who winds up with both contracts …

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. One of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2017. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Clay on February 13, 2023

Enjoyed reading about the good manners expected of people in polite society.......more

Goodreads review by Jordan on January 17, 2022

The book is from the mid nineteenth century, so as one would expect, a bit of the information is outdated. However, a lot of the author's advice still holds up quite well.......more

Goodreads review by Heather on April 29, 2013

This is one of those accidentally funny books. Granted some of the book is quite helpful in manners so if you ignore the crazy parts its not a bad instruction book. On to the funny: During the dinner party monologue I kept picturing someone's spinster aunt glaring at the end of the table glaring at t......more

Goodreads review by Peter on August 15, 2023

An excellent book on etiquette and politeness, it was amazing for me that 90%+ of advice was still relevant in a book published more than 150 years ago(!!!) Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on August 29, 2024

An exciting insight into the manners and etiquette expected in American polite society. What I expected solely was it to be an antiquated manual on how a purported gentleman should conduct himself when attending a ball, which of myriad tableware to use during tea time and supper, how to submit salut......more


Quotes

“The 1972 presidential election provides the backdrop for Collins’ entertaining thirteenth Quarry novel…Series fans will cheer as Quarry bests his opponents with commendable ease.” Publishers Weekly on Quarry in the Black

“Retro pulpy pleasures.” Kirkus Reviews, praise for the series