About The Book

NOLAN’S BACK!

BUT WILL HIS WEDDING BELLS

BECOME A FUNERAL MARCH…?

It’s been 33 years since the world-class thief known only by his last name – Nolan – last appeared in a novel by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Max Allan Collins. Since then, the big man has gone straight and even proposed to his longtime lover, Sherry. But when their honeymoon plans take them to a Las Vegas casino with Mob connections, it’s going to take all of Nolan’s survival instincts – and the help of his old friend and frequent accomplice, Jon – to keep him from an unmarked grave in the unforgiving desert.

SKIM DEEP marks a triumphant return for one of the all-time greats of hardboiled crime fiction – and will be followed by brand-new Hard Case Crime editions of all the original Nolan novels in four volumes: TWO FOR THE MONEY, DOUBLE DOWN, TOUGH TENDER and MAD MONEY.

About The Author

MAX ALLAN COLLINS was named a Grand Master in 2017 by the Mystery Writers of America. He is a three-time winner of the Private Eye Writers of America’s Life Achievement award (2006), the Eye. His graphic novel Road to Perdition (1998) became the Academy Award-winning film directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks. His other comics credits include the syndicated strip Dick Tracy, Batman, and (with artist Terry Beatty) his own Ms. Tree and Wild Dog. He has completed fourteen Mike Hammer novels begun by the late Mickey Spillane, and his Hammer audio novel The Little Death with Stacy Keach won a 2011 Audie. Recently he adapted the first of his Nathan Heller novels into a ten-part audio drama, True Noir.

For five years, he was sole licensing writer for TV’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, creating best-selling novels, graphic novels, and video games. His movie tie-in

novels have appeared on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists, including Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, and American Gangster.

Max has written and directed two documentaries and seven feature films, including the Lifetime movie Mommy (1996); and he scripted The Expert, a 1995 HBO World Premiere, as well as the film-festival favorite The Last Lullaby (2009) based on his innovative Quarry novels, which were also adapted as a 2016 TV series by Cinemax, for which Max wrote two scripts. Collins properties have also been optioned by Skydance, Lionsgate and CBS Films. His most recent self-scripted/directed indie films are Mickey Spillane’s Encore for Murder (2022), Blue Christmas (2023) and Death by Fruitcake (2024).

Product Details

  • Publisher: Titan Books (November 10, 2020)
  • Length: 240 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781789091397

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