Damned in Paradise, Max Allan Collins
Damned in Paradise, Max Allan Collins
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Damned in Paradise

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/13/2012

Synopsis

In 1931, Nate Heller—on a leave of absence from the Chicago P.D.—goes to Hawaii to work as an investigator for family friend Clarence Darrow. One of five Honolulu natives accused of the rape of recent bride Thalia Massie has been murdered; facing murder charges are Thalia’s naval officer husband and her socialite mother. Something doesn’t seem right, and Darrow has brought Heller in to get to the bottom of it.A first-rate detective thriller, Max Allan Collins’ Damned in Paradise shimmers with authenticity as it drives inexorably towards its grave conclusion. Heller—aided by Chang Apana, the real-life model for Charlie Chan—determines that while Thalia surely was raped, the identity of her attackers are in question, and the lush tropical setting cannot dispel the morass of bigotry, lies, and revenge through which the young detective must wade to reach the bitter truth.

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 Glen

Heller is recruited by Clarence Darrow to aid in the defense of the husband of Thalia Massie in Hawaii. I don't really know much about the case, so I was able to read it as a mystery, without already having a suspect in mind. Heller meets Buster Crabbe and the man that inspired Earl Der Biggers to cr......more

Goodreads review by Johnny

Except for a threatening, wind-blown scene atop a cliff on the Pali and a climactic fight in a ‘30s era Honolulu shantytown, Nathan Heller doesn’t seem Damned in Paradise. In fact, our Forrest Gump of detectives (in terms of brushing shoulders or interacting with famous people) seems to do quite wel......more

Goodreads review by Charlie

The stage is set as the ship pulls in to Oahu following the meet at Sardi's previewed in Blood and Thunder and repeated here. Surprise guest (so far) appearance by a personal major pop culture favorite. Grim account of outrageous conspiracy with curiously mild effect on a major cast figure. Heller star......more

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