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A TRUE CRIME, RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES—
AND HELLER’S ON THE CASE

Nathan Heller, star of MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins’ most acclaimed series of novels (more than 1 million copies sold!), comes to Hard Case Crime for the first time ever in an all-new thriller drawn from the pages of history. A millionaire’s son is kidnapped and private eye Heller is called in to help. But when half of the record $600,000 ransom goes missing, Heller must wade through a morass of deception and depravity to blow the lid off a notorious crime whose consequences reach into the corridors of power in Washington D.C., where Bobby Kennedy works tirelessly to take down crooked union boss Jimmy Hoffa...

• First publication anywhere!
• A meticulously researched true crime, solved 70 years later by "the master of true-crime fiction"
• The Nathan Heller novels have sold more than 1 million copies and have been nominated for the Shamus Award more than any other contemporary detective series
• Cover painting by renowned illustrator Paul Mann

"The master of true-crime fiction."

— Chicago Magazine

"Collins’ witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud."

— Entertainment Weekly

"The Nate Heller historical crime novels consistently mesmerize with their carefully researched period detail—noir meets The History Channel."

— Booklist

"A unique private eye series with a believable, enduring hard-boiled hero."

— Los Angeles Times

"Nathan Heller is the perfect private eye."

— New York Daily News