Quarry's Climax
By (Author) Max Allan Collins
14
Titan Books Ltd
Titan Books Ltd
1st January 2018
10th October 2017
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.54
Paperback
240
Width 127mm, Height 204mm, Spine 15mm
218g
From the award-winning author of Road to Perdition, the new Quarry novel continues the deadly story of the assassin who stars in the acclaimed Cinemax original series Memphis, 1975. "Raunchy" doesn't begin to describe Max Climer's magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. And evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max's career permanently. Only another hit man - the ruthless professional known as Quarry, star of the acclaimed series on Cinemax - can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution.
"Collins treats us to a wonderfully vivid look at the pornography industry in its heyday. From publishers tocenterfolds to strippers to feminist protesters, he cuts through the stereotypes with quick bits of subtlecharacterization (but, please, dont say you read a book with Climax in the title only for the characters)." - Booklist
"Quintessential Collins and Quarry, a glorious mix of well-written action, humor, and sudden, unexpected, brutality." - Mystery Scene
Ive written abouttheQuarry booksseveral times it remains my favorite Collins series. I think one ofthereasons I enjoy these books so much is because it meldstheheadlong pulpy momentum of Mickey Spillane withthegleefully transgressive sensibility of seventies trash paperback series likeTheExecutionerorTheLiquidator.But, yknow,better...Collins can plot a mystery; everything develops naturally andthepuzzle is always taxing without ever feeling contrived....I always enjoy seeing it done well and Collins does it better than most. I recommend alltheQuarry books and you can read them in most any order, but I enjoyed this one more than any of them sinceTheWrong Quarry.AtomicJunkShop
"fast paced and fun" - San Francisco Book Review & Seattle Book Reivew
Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He was chosen as a 2017 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.