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Mike Hammer: Lady, Go Die! (Mike Hammer #17)
by
Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author),
Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author)
When Hammer and Velda go on vacation to a Long Island beach town, Hammer becomes embroiled in the mystery of a missing well-known New York party girl who lives nearby. When the woman turns up naked - and dead - astride the statue of a horse in the town square, Hammer feels compelled to investigate.
Mickey Spillane's lost 1940s Mike Hammer novel, written betweenI, the Juryan...more
Mickey Spillane's lost 1940s Mike Hammer novel, written betweenI, the Juryan...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
May 8th 2012
by Titan Books
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Mickey Spillane’s literary output could be classified as intimidating, both in practice and in the style his characters embodied. Although he sold more than 225 million copies of his books around the globe and had seven of the top 15 all-time best-selling fiction titles under his belt, no character was more popular than his signature detective Mike Hammer. Born out of his 1947 novel I, Jury, Hammer is every bit the hard boiled anti-hero that Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe were. A heavy drinker and...more
Ahhh, another entity in the canon of Carroll John Daly's Race William's favorite son, Mike Hammer. Max Allan Collins completed the unfinished manuscript and MAC has the process down cold - he has Mickey Spillane's voice down to pretty much of a "T". Kudos To MAC!
The book is SOP for Hammer. We are sucked into some situation where Mike has to beat the stuffing out of at least one bad guy, shoot a couple more and most importantly, save Velda. Of course just to simply recite any of this is to belie...more
The book is SOP for Hammer. We are sucked into some situation where Mike has to beat the stuffing out of at least one bad guy, shoot a couple more and most importantly, save Velda. Of course just to simply recite any of this is to belie...more
Please Hammer, hurt em’!
Fedoras off to Max Allen Collins, he might as well change his middle name to Spillane! I am a huge fan of Mikey Spillane and I was worried to see what Max Allen Collins would do with him. After reading the Co-authors note all my fears were placed aside. It turns out that Max Allen Collins was chosen by Spillane to keep the “Hammer” hitting hard. Max Allen Collins really did treat this book as if Mikey Spillane was sitting next to him as the book was written. Picking up a...more
Fedoras off to Max Allen Collins, he might as well change his middle name to Spillane! I am a huge fan of Mikey Spillane and I was worried to see what Max Allen Collins would do with him. After reading the Co-authors note all my fears were placed aside. It turns out that Max Allen Collins was chosen by Spillane to keep the “Hammer” hitting hard. Max Allen Collins really did treat this book as if Mikey Spillane was sitting next to him as the book was written. Picking up a...more
This is Max Allan Collins' fourth co-authored Mike Hammer novel, completed from a partial manuscript and notes. After his death, Spillane's wife, on instructions from Mickey before he'd passed, turned over all of his papers to Collins.
LADY, GO DIE! was a novel begun after his famous novel, I, THE JURY, our introduction to Hammer and abandoned for some reason.
Collins kept the setting right after WWII and it's a direct sequel to that first one.
Hammer and Velda are on a bit of a vacation in the sma...more
LADY, GO DIE! was a novel begun after his famous novel, I, THE JURY, our introduction to Hammer and abandoned for some reason.
Collins kept the setting right after WWII and it's a direct sequel to that first one.
Hammer and Velda are on a bit of a vacation in the sma...more
I spent a couple of entertaining nights on this one. Mike Hammer and his gorgeous secretary Velda decide to get away from The Big Apple for a little R&R at a seaside tourist village. Of course, their plans go awry when murder interrupts their vacation, and the chase is soon on to catch the killer. I've reading enjoyed the Mike Hammer novels, especially the early ones. Since this is the second title that never got finished, much less published, until now, it falls right in line with the hardb...more
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Lady Go Die (a play on words uttered by Velda) is a
very good Mike Hammer story left unfinished by Spillane at his death and completed by Collins. It takes place in 1950, shortly after the events in I, The Jury. Mike and Velda are taking a few days off on the coast where trouble finds them and they are knee deep in the mystery of a missing woman. The characters are drawn very well and it's an excellent mystery. Highly recommended to fans of Mike Hammer and noir P.I. novels.
very good Mike Hammer story left unfinished by Spillane at his death and completed by Collins. It takes place in 1950, shortly after the events in I, The Jury. Mike and Velda are taking a few days off on the coast where trouble finds them and they are knee deep in the mystery of a missing woman. The characters are drawn very well and it's an excellent mystery. Highly recommended to fans of Mike Hammer and noir P.I. novels.
I bought this novel because I used to watch the Mike Hammer television show in the 1990s. Mike is such a loveable anti-hero. He taps into our secret vigilante nerve--our want for revenge to correct a past injustice. The author of this book did a terrific job of capturing Mickey Spillane's original Mike Hammer character and voice. The story contains grisly crime scenes and a compelling story that keeps you turning the pages to learn more about the case. This book rekindled my literary love for th...more
An unfinished manuscript by the late Mickey Spillane that was completed by Spillane's friend and executor, Max Allan Collins, and published late last year, Lady, Go Die! is the sequel to the first Mike Hammer novel, I, The Jury, published in 1947.
Collins has a good, authentic feel for Spillane's tough, two-fisted prose, and fans of hard-boiled detective fiction will enjoy it.
Collins has a good, authentic feel for Spillane's tough, two-fisted prose, and fans of hard-boiled detective fiction will enjoy it.
All these years later, Mike Hammer still causes me to shout out the word "damn" several times, very loud. Great story. Really awesome. I'm so glad Max Allan Collins is keeping Hammer swingin'.
My dad had said he didn't like Mickey Spillane, and now I know why. Mike Hammer, Mickey's alter ego, is a thoroughly despicable human being. He is violent, is a killer without remorse, has no moral compass that I can see, and is odiously sexist.
Were it not for the despicable nature of the protagonist, this might be an ok book. Which is to say, the plot and descriptions are ok. But, I hope I never have the misfortune to read more of this crap in the future.
Perhaps regular Mike Hammer books are...more
Were it not for the despicable nature of the protagonist, this might be an ok book. Which is to say, the plot and descriptions are ok. But, I hope I never have the misfortune to read more of this crap in the future.
Perhaps regular Mike Hammer books are...more
Feb 22, 2013
Janalize
marked it as to-read
Just bought it accidentally
(Qty.2 !!!!!) Orz
Hope it's a good book and therefore I can give it to one of my friends.
(Qty.2 !!!!!) Orz
Hope it's a good book and therefore I can give it to one of my friends.
Enjoyble read. Fun game to figure out which words were Spillane's and which were Collins.
A bit flowery at times, but in the Hammer tradition and eminently readable.
I'm really in love with these Mickey Spillane/Max Allan Collins team ups. This book kept me reading, and everyone once in a while I'd get a step ahead of it, but it didn't matter because it's written just so damn well.
Very well written mob type book. Ending was a little predictable but characters were interesting.
Max Allan Collins has done a remarkable job with the unfinished manuscripts and notes from Spillane's estate.
I thoroughly enjoyed this "sequel" to I,the Jury.
Mike Hammer is not a politically correct character for the 21st century but he's great fun as a tough, brash, and smart PI who makes things happen.
I thoroughly enjoyed this "sequel" to I,the Jury.
Mike Hammer is not a politically correct character for the 21st century but he's great fun as a tough, brash, and smart PI who makes things happen.
Mar 05, 2013
Nathan
marked it as to-read
Feb 04, 2013
Bernabe Cardenas
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Jan 10, 2013
Auguste
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Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 2006.
He has also published under the name Patrick Culhane. He and his wife, Barbara Collins, have written several books together. Some of them are published under the name Barbara Allan.
Book Awards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1984) : True Detective
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1992) : Stolen Away
Shamus Awards Best Novel nom...more
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He has also published under the name Patrick Culhane. He and his wife, Barbara Collins, have written several books together. Some of them are published under the name Barbara Allan.
Book Awards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1984) : True Detective
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1992) : Stolen Away
Shamus Awards Best Novel nom...more
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