MS Tree: Heroine Withdrawal - by Max Allan Collins (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The next incredible instalment in the case books of Ms Tree, private detective, from famed Hard Case Crime author Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition)!

Fans of pulp noir and hard-boiled detective crime fiction will love this seminal collection of classic comics.

From the minds of award-winning author Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty, comes the fifth collection of classic Ms Tree stories, collected together for the first time!

Join Michael Tree, the 6ft, 9mm carrying private detective on her thrilling adventures. No case is too small, no violence too extreme, just as long as it gets the job done.

Fans of hard-boiled detective and crime fiction will get a thrill from these tales!

• "Muerta Means Death"
• "Right to Die"
• "Prisoner Cell Block Hell"
• "Heroine Withdrawal"
• "The Other Cheek"

Review Quotes

"For those who prefer their comics a little harder, a little faster, and a whole lot pulpier, Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree Volume One: One Mean Mother, will hit the bullseye 3/4 and blow it to pieces." - Mystery Scene

"A saga rife with treachery, violence, and intrigue... a 'must-read' for mystery graphic novel connoisseurs." - Midwest Book Review

"As you'd expect from Max Allan Collins, this is another great read ... a classic noir style" - The Borg

"Well crafted crime tales, with snappy dialogue and a good share of action and violence" - Graphic Novel Resources

About the Author

Max Allan Collins was hailed in 2004 by Publisher's Weekly as "a new breed of writer." A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective (1983) and Stolen Away (1991).

Terry Beatty is the artist and co-creator (with Max Allan Collins) of the long-running private eye series, Ms. Tree. Collaborations with Collins also include Mike Mist, Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger and Johnny Dynamite. Beatty has been the primary inker of DC Comics' "animated-style" Batman comics, including a four-year stint inking Chris Jones' pencils on The Batman Strikes!.
From 2012 to 2017, Beatty was the artist for the Sunday episodes of the King Features comic strip, The Phantom.