
Max Allan Collins, Stacy Keach, Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer returns in hard-boiled detective tales, tackling crime with grit and violence in classic noir style.
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Mike Hammer returns in hard-boiled detective tales, tackling crime with grit and violence in classic noir style.
Private eye Mike Hammer is no stranger to murder, but this time he has two to untangle: the killing of the Captain, a legless, homeless panhandler, dismissed by the police as minor, and the slaying of gambling kingpin Marty Wellman. Marty's lady friend, Helen Venn, turns to the P.I. for help when the Mob fingers her for the next kill. Seems the new kingpin, Carmen Rich, with whom Hammer has a violent history, thinks Helen made off with ten mil in skim money, courtesy of her late lover. But Mike ...
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Moderate romantic tension; implied sexual content with fade-to-black scenes.
Frequent violence including murders and hit attempts; graphic descriptions likely.
Moderate use of strong language typical of hard-boiled noir.
Minor references to alcohol use, likely in a noir context.
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No fantasy elements present.
No occult elements present.
Minor themes of corruption and power in crime settings.
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Minor references to systemic suffering in crime underworld.
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