Carnal Hours, Max Allan Collins
Carnal Hours, Max Allan Collins
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Carnal Hours

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 11 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/10/2012

Synopsis

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 mys¬tery—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 aristo¬cratic 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.

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins has earned fifteen Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away, and receiving the PWA life achievement award, the Eye. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, which is the basis of the Academy Award–winning film starring Tom Hanks, was followed by two novels, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. His suspense series include Quarry, Nolan, Mallory, and Eliot Ness, and his numerous comics credits include the syndicated Dick Tracy and his own Ms. Tree. He has written and directed four feature films and two documentaries. His other produced screenplays include “The Expert,” an HBO World Premiere. His coffee-table book The History of Mystery received nominations for every major mystery award and Men’s Adventure Magazines won the Anthony Award. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins. They have collaborated on seven novels and numerous short stories, and are currently writing the “Trash ‘n’ Treasures” mysteries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on January 24, 2018

Collins inserts his character Nate Heller into another murder mystery - this time, Sir Harry Oakes, in 1943 Nassau. He adds in a couple of fictional women to provide the sex interest, and also inserts Ian Fleming from British naval Intelligence. These novels are very cleverly written and constructed......more

Goodreads review by John on June 15, 2013

I want to read 87 nonfiction books about this real people in this novel. Damn you, Max Allan Collins!......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on September 14, 2019

One of those lesser-known historical crimes; OK start; lots of imagery. At page 40, about to get more intense. Effective grisly scene of the crime. Surprise appearance by an earlier recurring character. A quandary develops; a notable crime figure makes his first appearance in the series. Another real p......more

Goodreads review by Byron on January 19, 2012

This guy Collins basically takes real things that happened, but long ago enough that no one ever heard of them, and inserts his character Nathan Heller, as if he had anything to do with it. Has him solving crimes, banging chicks, killing people. The whole nine. How weird would it be if you were a wo......more

Goodreads review by Glen on November 09, 2015

This entry in the Nathan Heller series sends the sleuth to The Bahamas, where he investigates the death of Sir Harry Oakes. This real life case is a doozy of incompetence and conspiracy. for the most part, it's a fairly conventional tropical islands type mystery, with maybe a little more violence th......more

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