Majic Man, Max Allan Collins
Majic Man, Max Allan Collins
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Majic Man

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/08/2012

Synopsis

It’s 1949 in Washington, D.C., and Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, convinced he has been targeted for murder, hires Chicago P.I. Nate Heller for protection. Heller must deal with Beltway infighting, Communist paranoia, Israeli agents, and a mysterious military group called the Majestic Twelve in his journey to protect Forrestal. With his client locked away in a mental ward, Heller begins to doubt his own sanity as he explores reports of flying saucers landing near the tiny desert town of Roswell, New Mexico.Taking his unique brand of historical fiction to the highest seats of our country’s power structure, Max Allan Collins delivers a sordid tale long on wit and rich in detail. When Forrestal suspiciously commits “suicide,” the Chicago P.I. uncovers a top-secret, reprehensible alliance between the U.S. government and a Nazi cabal. With a supporting cast that includes Harry Truman, Teddy Kollek, Jack Anderson, and Drew Pearson, Majic Man is a who’s who of American post-war history.

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

It's doubtless some form of confirmation bias, but I find I like these Nathan Heller books a lot more when I agree with MAC's conclusions. In this case, I'm on the border. Heller starts out working for Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, then segues over to Drew Pearson, who would probably be consid......more

Goodreads review by Johnny

Majic Man isn’t a book title with a spelling error. The “Majic” in Majic Man refers to a government abbreviation for a group known as the Majestic 12. In this Nathan Heller adventure, “Majestic 12” is a code name for twelve men in the higher echelons of the U.S. government who know the secret of wha......more

Goodreads review by David

Not my favourite book in the Nathan Heller series - Nate is inserted into the Roswell flying saucer controversy of 1947......more

Goodreads review by David

This series came highly recommended to me by my brother. So, I had high expectations. I was a little disappointed. What I got was a pretty neat private eye/government conspiracy story! The story itself was well-plotted and the MIckey Spillane type flavor obvious. If this had been published thirty ye......more

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