The first novel in Mickey Spillane's classic detective series starring hard-boiled private eye Mike Hammer.I, the Jury is a double-strength shot of sex, violence, and action that is vintage Spillane all the way. It's a tough-guy mystery to please even the most bloodthirsty of fans.

by Mickey SpillaneEdited by Max Allan Collins & Lynn F. Myers, Jr.40 fast-moving short-short stories by the creator of Mike Hammer!Before Mike Hammer, P.I. made his explosive debut in I, the Jury, author Mickey Spillane (1918-2006) toiled in relative obscurity, writing short-short stories as filler material in Golden Age comic books. Their purpose to fulfill a postal requirement, these stories were the literary boot-camp for the future king of hardboiled fiction.

Harrison leaped to his death from the window of a hotel room. The door was locked and there was no possible way anyone could have gotten in that room to give him a push. The police were quite satisfied that it was suicide, and everybody that ever came in contact with Harrison agreed that he did the world a favor when he died. However, ugly rumors continued to circulate that Duncan had a hand in the matter...

Mike Hammer is on the mend after taking two slugs in a shootout. He’s called back into the city to sit by the deathbed of an old war buddy, laid low by a mysterious gunman. With his last breath, Hammer’s friend whispers to him the secret that killed him—a secret that leads right to $89 billion of stolen Mafia money. Still recovering from his brush with death, Hammer is faced with a choice—to keep clean, or to risk his life, and the life of the woman he loves, in pursuit of the biggest payd...

For old fans and newcomers alike, an ebook-exclusive collection of four classic Mike Hammer novels from bestselling crime fiction icon Mickey SpillaneA killer preying on desperate women, setting Mike Hammer on a journey through the highs and lows of New York City society to find the truth.A nefarious underground network bent on destroying America.An ex-mobster, brutally murdered in Mike's office.And the promise of $89 billion, but only if he...

You think Mike Hammer is tough? Just wait until you see the punishment he delivers when he sets out to find the killer of a guy trying to go straight. A guy who parked his kid in Mike Hammer’s arms—and left him there an orphan.Luscious, eager dames, dynamite-packed action that starts in cheap bars and goes right to the D.A.’s office, and a guided tour of the seamiest—as well as the swankiest—spots in New York, make this one of Mike Hammer’s most thrilling adventures to date.

Johnny McBride blows into Lyncastle on a mission of revenge. His best friend—a man who was his exact double—died in an accident trying to save Johnny’s life. He left behind a letter revealing how he’d been framed and run out of Lyncastle, a ruined man, how he had been deprived of his money, his honor, and his girl.So Johnny sets out to get the mob who had double-crossed him. How he pulls off this dangerous, gutter-tough job and manages to hold on to his skin, makes this Mickey Spil...

**From the undisputed master of detective fiction, this triple-shot anthology features the first three Mike Hammer novels:I, the JuryMy Gun is QuickVengeance is Mine!**In Mickey Spillane's classic detective novels, the action exploded in a bone-crunching catharsis. Men and women didn't make love, they collided. Tough brutes used their fists to drive home a message. Tougher broads used guile. And no one's morals were loftier than the gutter. No apologi...

Mike Hammer walks into his office to find his unconscious secretary on the floor, a brutally butchered corpse occupying his office chair, and a note from a murderer on his desk: “You die for killing me.” So begins a tough-as-nails tale of government assassins and renegade mobsters, told with the breakneck pacing and brutal impact of a freshly fired .45 bullet.

The second novel in Mickey Spillane's classic detective series starring hard-boiled private eye Mike Hammer.When a red-headed prostitue is killed in a hit-and-run "accident" Mike Hammer hunts down her killers and uncovers a powerful New York prostitution ring.

A trio of classic novels in the third omnibus from “the king of hard boiled crime fiction” (USA Today).**“**There's a kind of power about Mickey Spillane that no other writer can imitate” (New York Times), and it's in full force in this collection of three of his greatest Mike Hammer novels:The Girl Hunters: Hammer's voluptuous, long-lost love is targeted by the mastermind assassin known as the Dragon.The Snake: P...

Pulp mystery icon and creator of the Mike Hammer series, Mickey Spillane introduced his hero Dogeron "Dog" Kelly in this novel, in which Kelly, bent on revenge, goes after a powerful gang of criminals...and takes a few breaks along the way for another kind of action...