{"product_id":"chicago-lightning-max-allan-collins-9781612180915","title":"Chicago Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eTough, cynical, and clever, Nathan Heller has been called \"the perfect private eye,\" the best investigator that Chicago (where 'lightning' means gunfire) has to offer. Created by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novelist and \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e creator Max Allan Collins, the classic P.I. comes vibrantly to life in this collection of thirteen stories, all based on real cases of the 1930s and '40s. In \"The Blonde Tigress,\" Heller encounters a vicious hold-up crew with a brutal female leader, while in \"Scrap\" he investigates a union shooting that has national implications. In \"The Perfect Crime\" he goes Hollywood to protect the lovely Thelma Todd, with tragic results. The private eye finds himself tangling with notorious mobster Mickey Cohen in a \"Shoot-out On Sunset\" and with Al Capone's successor, Frank Nitti, in \"Screwball.\" Heller's friendship with Eliot Ness finds the two men working together in both \"The Strawberry Teardrop,\" in which Heller encounters America's first serial killer, and \"Natural Death, Inc.\" Heller tackles each case with his trademark cynicism and humor, digging into the grimy underbelly of twentieth-century America to uncover the truth at any cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Allan Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612180914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612180915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Max Allan Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716453167359,"sku":"9781612180915","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec2b9952-70a7-4ed4-adca-a2f56d5f599b.jpg?v=1705682406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chicago-lightning-max-allan-collins-9781612180915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}