{"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":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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. Written by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, MWA Grandmaster and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e, Max Allan Collins.\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...?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMAX 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. 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His movie tie-in\u003cbr\u003enovels have appeared on the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller lists, including \u003ci\u003eSaving Private Ryan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir Force One\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gangster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMax has written and directed two documentaries and seven feature films, including the Lifetime movie \u003ci\u003eMommy \u003c\/i\u003e(1996); and he scripted \u003ci\u003eThe Expert\u003c\/i\u003e, a 1995 HBO World Premiere, as well as the film-festival favorite \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lullaby \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) based on his innovative Quarry novels, which were also adapted as a 2016 TV series by Cinemax, for which Max wrote two scripts. Collins properties have also been optioned by Skydance, Lionsgate and CBS Films. 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Now it's up to the old man to show he hasn't lost a step and, with the help of a femme fatale from his past, prove he's as ruthless, deadly and unstoppable as any man half his age. \u003cbr\u003eComing hard on the heels of the Edgar Award finalist QUARRY'S BLOOD, which first introduced Quarry's daughter, QUARRY'S RETURN is a high-stakes thriller from the legendary author of ROAD TO PERDITION that will remind you why this notorious killer (star of a feature film and a Cinemax TV series) is the best there ever was.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e was hailed in 2004 by Publishers Weekly as \"a new breed of writer.\" A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) and \u003ci\u003eStolen Away\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). 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