Goliath Bone

The bestselling author of shoot-em-up crime fiction is back with a twisty new tale starring his iconic tough hero Mike Hammer. On an amateur dig in Israel, two students discover what appears to be the femur of a very large humanoid, and there's compelling evidence to suggest that it is the thigh bone of the Biblical giant, Goliath. Back in New York, they are heading into the subway carrying the carefully wrapped bone when a hitman attempts to kill them. Hammer comes to their rescue. But it is only the beginning of their troubles as various factions will stop at nothing to get their hands on the precious item, each for their own venal and nefarious reasons. Hammer and his loyal assistant Velda ensure once again that the decent guys triumph in this cracking post-9/11 hard-boiled detective thriller. 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'.