Carnal Hours: A Nathan Heller Novel - Hardcover

Collins, Max Allan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525937587 ISBN 13: 9780525937586

Publisher: Dutton Adult, 1994

Synopsis

Nate Heller returns in a mystery set in the 1940s at a Caribbean resort where a wealthy recluse has been murdered and everyone from British royalty to the mob has an interest in the case. 20,000 first printing. Tour.

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From the Back Cover:

In July 1943, Nate Heller flies to Nassau where multimillionaire Sir Harry Oakes wants dirt dug up on Count De Marigny, the playboy who has married Harry’s beautiful, underage daughter, Nancy. But the investigation has barely begun when Sir Harry turns up dead in bed—burned to death in a real-life locked-room mystery—and Heller is soon working for Nancy, whose husband faces murder charges. Chicago P.I. Heller is on his most intriguing—and dangerous—mission yet in this devilishly clever thriller filled with surprising twists and sharp turns. With the world at war, the peaceful Bahamas provide an ironic, idyllic backdrop for Nazis, the mafia, and two lovely women: one a native girl, the other an aristocratic Englishwoman. Heller is aided by a certain British secret service agent (“Fleming...Ian Fleming”), and encounters along the way the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Meyer Lanksy, and Perry Mason’s creator, Erle Stanley Gardner.

 “No one can twist you through a maze with the intensity and suspense of Max Allan Collins. A classic.”—Clive Cussler, author of Raise the Titanic

About the Author:

Max Allan Collins has earned an unprecendented six Private Eye Writers of America "Shamus" nominations for his previous Nathan Heller novels, winning twice. For many years he has written the internationally syndicated comic strip "Dick Tracy". A rock musician as well, he performs and records with groups in Iowa and California. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa with his wife and their son Nathan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0525937587
• ISBN 13: 9780525937586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336