{"title":"Max Allan Collins","description":"MAX ALLAN COLLINS was named a Grand Master in 2017 by the Mystery Writers of America. He is a three-time winner of the Private Eye Writers of America's Life Achievement award (2006), the Eye. His graphic novel Road to Perdition (1998) became the Academy Award-winning film directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks. His other comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy, Batman, and (with artist Terry Beatty) his own Ms. Tree and Wild Dog. He has completed fourteen Mike Hammer novels begun by the late Mickey Spillane, and his Hammer audio novel The Little Death with Stacy Keach won a 2011 Audie. Recently he adapted the first of his Nathan Heller novels into a ten-part audio drama, True Noir.","products":[{"product_id":"return-of-the-maltese-falcon-hardcover","title":"Return of the Maltese Falcon - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardboiled noir that picks up where legendary author Dashiell Hammett left off, telling the story of iconic private eye Sam Spade and the quest for the priceless Maltese Falcon.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE GREATEST PRIVATE EYE OF ALL TIME RETURNS TO FINISH THE JOB \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegendary mystery writer Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel about detective Sam Spade: The Maltese Falcon, the most famous private eye story ever told. But the case was never really solved - the priceless golden, bejeweled bird that men and women had been dying to possess turned out to be a fake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Max Allan Collins (author of Road to Perdition) brings closure to this crime classic, reuniting all the surviving members of the original cast alongside femme fatales, crooked collectors, and greedy gangsters for one more thrilling, deadly chase through the streets, wharves, morgues, bars, and back alleys of 1920s San Francisco - and finally answers the question, Whatever became of the Maltese falcon...?","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102324822239,"sku":"9781835414873","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/YAvWuJfowk9781835414873.webp?v=1781079404"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/max-allan-collins.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}