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PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-100765361477

ISBN-139780765361479

eBay Product ID (ePID)159929862

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Book TitleTarget Lancer

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

GenreFiction

AuthorMax Allan Collins

Book SeriesNathan Heller Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6 Oz

Item Length6.5 in

Item Width6.2 in

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ReviewsTarget Lancer may well reinvigorate the conspiracy theory arguments around the assassination of JFK. It's another winner for Max Allan Collins and his Nathan Heller series and an important historical novel about the Kennedy era., Collins turns real-life events into a cogent fictionalized mystery plot and real people into full-fleshed characters., A whirlwind tour of the story surrounding Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise as it might have been covered in the garish pages of Confidential magazine, or by TMZ for that matter, with more grit than George Baxt's Hollywood mysteries., " Target Lancer is a fresh treatment of the runup to the most significant single event of the twentieth century, and Nate Heller is the perfect protagonist to lead us through it. Max Allan Collins has hit a home run." -- Mike Dennis " Target Lancer may well reinvigorate the conspiracy theory arguments around the assassination of JFK. It's another winner for Max Allan Collins and his Nathan Heller series and an important historical novel about the Kennedy era." -- Mystery Maven Blog "Max Allan Collins can lay claim to being the master of true-crime fiction...a seamless juxtaposition of narrative cunning and historical cross-referencing." -- Chicago Magazine, on Bye Bye, Baby "The Nate Heller historical crime novels consistently mesmerize with their carefully researched period detail--Noir Meets the History Channel." -- Booklist, starred review, on Bye Bye, Baby "Collins turns real-life events into a cogent fictionalized mystery plot and real people into full-fleshed characters." -- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, on Bye Bye, Baby "No one can twist you through a maze with the intensity and suspense of Max Allan Collins." -- Clive Cussler, author of Raise the Titanic, on Bye Bye, Baby "A whirlwind tour of the story surrounding Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise as it might have been covered in the garish pages of Confidential magazine, or by TMZ for that matter, with more grit than George Baxt's Hollywood mysteries." -- Library Journal on Bye Bye, Baby "Collins's twist on the American mystery simply can't be put down." -- RT Book Reviews on Bye Bye, Baby, Praise for Target Lancer : " Target Lancer is a fresh treatment of the runup to the most significant single event of the twentieth century, and Nate Heller is the perfect protagonist to lead us through it. Max Allan Collins has hit a home run." -Mike Dennis " Target Lancer may well reinvigorate the conspiracy theory arguments around the assassination of JFK. It's another winner for Max Allan Collins and his Nathan Heller series and an important historical novel about the Kennedy era." -Mystery Maven Blog Praise for Max Allan Collins, Nathan Heller mysteries, and Bye Bye, Baby : "Max Allan Collins can lay claim to being the master of true-crime fiction...a seamless juxtaposition of narrative cunning and historical cross-referencing."- Chicago Magazine "The Nate Heller historical crime novels consistently mesmerize with their carefully researched period detail-Noir Meets the History Channel."- Booklist , starred review "Collins turns real-life events into a cogent fictionalized mystery plot and real people into full-fleshed characters."- Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine "No one can twist you through a maze with the intensity and suspense of Max Allan Collins."-Clive Cussler, author of Raise the Titanic "A whirlwind tour of the story surrounding Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise as it might have been covered in the garish pages of Confidential magazine, or by TMZ for that matter, with more grit than George Baxt's Hollywood mysteries." -Library Journal on Bye Bye, Baby "Collins's twist on the American mystery simply can't be put down." -RT Book Reviews on Bye Bye, Baby, Target Lancer is a fresh treatment of the runup to the most significant single event of the twentieth century, and Nate Heller is the perfect protagonist to lead us through it. Max Allan Collins has hit a home run., The Nate Heller historical crime novels consistently mesmerize with their carefully researched period detail--Noir Meets the History Channel., Max Allan Collins can lay claim to being the master of true-crime fiction...a seamless juxtaposition of narrative cunning and historical cross-referencing., "A whirlwind tour of the story surrounding Marilyn Monroe's untimely demise as it might have been covered in the garish pages of Confidential magazine, or by TMZ for that matter, with more grit than George Baxt's Hollywood mysteries." - Library Journal on Bye Bye, Baby "Collins's twist on the American mystery simply can't be put down." - RT Book Reviews on Bye Bye, Baby

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number14

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisAn explosive novel that uncovers new facts about the deadly conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Rigorously researched, Max Allan Collins's Target Lancer is far more truth than fiction. Long before November 22, 1963, Nathan Heller, P.I. to the Stars, knows that a conspiracy is in the works. Several years earlier, Heller had been involved with the Kennedys, the Mob, and the CIA in the early stages of a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. Shortly after, Heller's Mafia contact is murdered. After being interrogated by gangsters and contacted by U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Heller realizes that he may be the one person who can prevent a devastating political assassination. Only he knows all the players; only he knows why a web of conspirators has targeted the man known to the Secret Service as Lancer, John Fitzgerald Kennedy., An explosive novel that uncovers new facts about the deadly conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy before Dallas., An explosive novel that uncovers new facts about the deadly conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Rigorously researched, Max Allan Collins's Target Lancer is far more truth than fiction. Long before November 22, 1963, Nathan Heller, "P.I. to the Stars," knows that a conspiracy is in the works. Several years earlier, Heller had been involved with the Kennedys, the Mob, and the CIA in the early stages of a plan to assassinate Fidel Castro. Shortly after, Heller's Mafia contact is murdered. After being interrogated by gangsters and contacted by U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Heller realizes that he may be the one person who can prevent a devastating political assassination. Only he knows all the players; only he knows why a web of conspirators has targeted the man known to the Secret Service as "Lancer," John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

LC Classification NumberPS3553.O4753