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The First Quarry - by Max Allan Collins (Paperback)

Name: The First Quarry - by Max Allan Collins (Paperback)
Brand: Hard Case Crime
SKU: 94433247
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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins' acclaimed novels - most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin's final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).
About the Author: Author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries, Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today.
224 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
Series Name: Quarry

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Revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry's first job: infiltrating a college town and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins.

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BIG MAN ON CAMPUS

Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins' acclaimed novels - most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin's final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).

But where did Quarry's story start? For first time ever, the best-selling author of ROAD TO PERDITION takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry's first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins...

Review Quotes

Acclaim for THE LAST QUARRY

"Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality...classic pulp fiction."
-- USA Today

"Collins' witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud."
-- Entertainment Weekly

"As cool as an Eskimo Pie on a hot summer day and as sharp as a Ginsu knife."
-- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

About the Author

Author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries, Max Allan Collins is one of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: .35 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 224

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective

Series Title: Quarry

Publisher: Hard Case Crime

Theme: Hard-Boiled

Format: Paperback

Author: Max Allan Collins

Language: English

Street Date: September 9, 2025

TCIN: 94433247

UPC: 9781835411780

Item Number (DPCI): 247-30-1864

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.6 inches length x 5.1 inches width x 7.7 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.35 pounds

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