The Goliath Bone (A Mike Hammer Novel),Used

Product Description [Read by Stacy Keach] The bestselling American mystery writer of all time brings back his worldfamous private eye, Mike Hammer, for his biggest and most dangerous case yet. On an amateur archeology dig in Israel, two students discover what appears to be the femur of the Biblical giant Goliath. As the novel opens, the young couple head into a subway station with the carefully wrapped bone in the boy's arms, when a hit man attempts to kill them. Mike Hammer, seeing the situation develop, comes to their rescue. It is only the beginning of their trouble as various factions will stop at little to obtain the precious item, each for their own selfish reasons. But Hammer and his loyal secretary, Velda, assure once again that good triumphs over evil. Before he died, Mickey Spillane wrote the beginning and end of The Goliath Bone, as well as outlining the middle section, which was completed by his longtime friend and collaborator, the acclaimed mystery writer Max Allan Collins. Review ''Though he's now a selfadmitted 'member of AARP,' Hammer remains as tough as a boiled owl . . . Stacy Keach, arguably the private eye's best interpreter, has been aging along with him. His welltrained voice carries the perfect combination of unwithered age, strength, and determination . . . [A] fine sendoff . . . with Keach adding a poignancy that even a tough guy like Spillane would have appreciated.'' Publishers Weekly (starred audio review)''Mike Hammer is an icon of our culture . . . There's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate.'' New York Times''Mike Hammer, the toughest detective of the century, versus Al Qaeda? How cool is that? In what may be the last Mike Hammer story, writer Max Allan Collins finishes a partially written Mickey Spillane script in which the tough guy from the fifties takes on the bad guys of the new millennium over the bones of the ultimate bad guy Goliath. How could it get better? Stacy Keach, the actor who played Mike Hammer on television in the 1980s, narrates. Ah, bliss. Keach has that toughasnails/heartofgold patter down. What might sound clichd and over thetop in other hands works perfectly with Keach in charge. It's an extraordinary piece of noir, and there ain't a lot of that still around, baby.'' AudioFile About the Author MICKEY SPILLANE was one of the most popular authors of all time, with millions of copies of his books in print worldwide. He introduced Mike Hammer to readers in 1947 with I, the Jury. He was named CWA Grand Master in 1995. MAX ALLAN COLLINS has earned fifteen Shamus nominations from Private Eye Writers of America, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away. His graphic novel Road to Perdition was the basis of the Academy Awardwinning film. His comics credits include ''Dick Tracy'', and his tiein CSI books were listed on the USA Today bestseller list nine times and the New York Times list twice. From AudioFile Mike Hammer, the toughest detective of the century, versus Al Qaeda? How cool is that? In what may be the last Mike Hammer story, writer Max Allan Collins finishes a partially written Mickey Spillane script in which the tough guy from the fifties takes on the bad guys of the new millennium over the bones of the ultimate bad guyGoliath. How could it get better? Stacy Keach, the actor who played Mike Hammer on television in the 1980s, narrates. Ah, bliss. Keach has that toughasnails/heartofgold patter down. What might sound clich??d and over thetop in other hands works perfectly with Keach in charge. It's an extraordinary piece of noir, and there ain't a lot of that still around, baby. M.S. AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine