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The bestselling American mystery writer of all time brings back his world-famous PI Mike Hammer for his biggest—and most dangerous—case.

In the midst of a Manhattan snowstorm, Hammer halts the violent robbery of a pair of college sweethearts who have stumbled onto a remarkable archaeological find in the Valley of Elah: the perfectly preserved femur of what may have been the biblical giant Goliath. Hammer postpones his marriage to his faithful girl Friday, Velda, to fight a foe deadlier than the mobsters and KGB agents of his past—Islamic terrorists and Israeli extremists bent upon recovering the relic for their own agendas. A week before his death, Mickey Spillane entrusted a substantial portion of this manuscript and extensive notes to his frequent collaborator, Max Allan Collins, to complete. The result is a thriller as classic as Spillane’s own I, the Jury, as compelling as Collins’s Road to Perdition, and as contemporary as The Da Vinci Code.

PRAISE FOR MICKEY SPILLANE

"Mike Hammer is an icon of our culture."—The New York Times

"A superb writer. Spillane is one of the century’s bestselling authors."—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) PRAISE FOR MAX ALLAN COLLINS

"Max Allan Collins is the closest thing we have to a 21st century Mickey Spillane."—ThisWeek (Ohio)

"Collins’ witty, hardboiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud."—Entertainment Weekly

PRAISE FOR MICKEY SPILLANE

"Mike Hammer is an icon of our culture."—The New York Times

"A superb writer. Spillane is one of the century’s bestselling authors."—The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) PRAISE FOR MAX ALLAN COLLINS

"Max Allan Collins is the closest thing we have to a 21st century Mickey Spillane."—ThisWeek (Ohio)

"Collins’ witty, hardboiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud."—Entertainment Weekly