Vengeance is Mine

A small step up from I, the Jury both in writing and plot, but no change at all in the one dimensional, uber macho womanizer, Mike Hammer. I wanted to give this series a second chance, but this will be the end of the road for me.......more

Mike Hammer is the most tough guy of tough guy detectives, just as Micky Spillane is the most hard-boiled of hard-boiled writers. A Mike Hammer book does not start with someone bringing him a case, instead a person he knows will die and he'll swear revenge and set about taking it. Noses are broken,......more

The third book in the Mike Hammer series finds Hammer on the case of what the cops have deemed a suicide. The twist, right at the beginning, is that Hammer himself was passed out in the same room as the dead body, an old friend from the war. Hammer is suspicious though based on the gun recovered fro......more

Solid entry in the Mike Hammer series, with a good description of the setting and a unique twist. As a previous review stated, this is not one for 21st-Century criticisms, especially with that ending! Looking forward to another Mike Hammer mystery soon.........more