Skim Deep
$26.54
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2020
Summary
The onetime world-class thief Nolan - now happily gone straight with his own restaurant nightclub - whisks his longtime lover Sherry off to Vegas for a trip to a wedding chapel and a honeymoon stay. But an eye-in-the-sky security cam at a casino spots Nolan, whose past catches up with him when he’s thought to be casing the joint.
An old ‘friend’ sees Nolan as the perfect patsy for a scheme to heist the weekly skim haul, and when the former thief’s young frequent accomplice, Jon - a mu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781789091397 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178909139X |
| Author: | Max Allan Collins |
| Publisher: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 176g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
“This jaunty caper novel has a definite dark side–Nolan is no ersatz antihero–but Collins, as always, mixes blood and badinage with gusto.” - Booklist
“This jaunty caper novel has a definite dark side—Nolan is no ersatz antihero—but Collins, as always, mixes blood and badinage with gusto.” - Booklist“The prolific Collins resurrects Nolan…for another adventure that will return him to the dark side…No doubt about it: It’s great to see Nolan back in action.” - Kirkus Reviews SKIM DEEP contains everything that aficionados of noir crime fiction love, including sex, violence, gunshots and double-crosses.” - Bookreporter
About The Author
Max Allan Collins
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, the Eye.
His graphic novel Road to Perdition 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.
For five years, he was sole licensing writer for TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, creating best-selling novels, graphic novels, and video games. His movie tie-in novels have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists, including Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, and American Gangster.
Max has written and directed two documentaries and seven feature films, including the Lifetime movie Mommy (1996); and he scripted The Expert, a 1995 HBO World Premiere, as well as the film-festival favorite The Last Lullaby (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. His most recent self-scripted/directed indie films are Mickey Spillane’s Encore for Murder (2022), Blue Christmas (2023), and Death by Fruitcake (2024).
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