Carnal Hours (Nathan Heller) [Paperback]

Max Allan Collins (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nathan Heller | Publication Date: July 1, 1995

Investigating the background of a billionaire recluse's new son-in-law, detective Nathan Heller arrives at the Bahamas just in time to learn of his new client's death, and the son-in-law needs Nathan to save him from a murder rap. Reprint. NYT. PW. AB.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Chicago sleuth Nathan Heller goes to the Bahamas, where he's commissioned to find the killer of a Caribbean millionaire and exonerate the dead man's dishonest son-in-law.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Forties private eye Nathan Heller has a knack for involving himself with famous people and notorious murder cases. This time out, Canadian millionaire Sir Harry Oakes summons Heller to the Bahamas to "tail" his allegedly philandering son-in-law. When police arrest the son-in-law for the subsequent murder of Oakes, his daughter hires Heller to prove her husband innocent. True crime readers will love this version of police corruption and stupidity, name-dropping (Erle Stanley Gardner lends a hand), and doctoring of evidence. Hard-boiled but debonair.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Signet (July 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451179757
• ISBN-13: 978-0451179753
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,031,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Max Allan Collins is a New York Times bestselling author of original mysteries, a Shamus award winner and an experienced author of movie adaptions and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION was made into a major motion picture by Tom Hank's production company, Playtone.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A murder in paradise., July 10, 2008

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Michael G. "mikefromrochester" (Rochester, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnal Hours (Nathan Heller) (Paperback)

Carnal Hours by Max Allan Collins is a work of fiction. It is however based on a real life crime....the 1943 murder of Canadian millionaire Sir Harry Oakes. This well researched novel is narrated by its protagonist, the streetwise Chicago PI Nathan Heller, a fictional character who appears in a number of Max Allan Collins books.
Most of the action unfolds in the Bahamas, Sir Harry's adopted home and the site of his grisly murder. Enhancing the interest quotient of the ongoing narrative is the presence of a number of real life celebrities. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Erle Stanley Gardner, Eliot Ness, Meyer Lansky, Ian Fleming and Sally Rand all put in appearances. Some of these historical figures really were connected to the Oakes murder case, others were inserted in by the author to add color to the proceedings.
Carnal Hours is an exceedingly interesting murder mystery. The narrative is fast paced and action packed. Collins did his homework in researching the time and locale in which the story takes place and it shows. Highly recommended.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intense storyline, June 17, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Carnal Hours: A Nathan Heller Novel (Hardcover)

A fitional novel about an actual event that held my interest better than any other non-fiction books on the Death of Sir Harry Oakes

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, April 25, 2000

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E. T. Harper (Youngstown, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carnal Hours (Nathan Heller) (Paperback)

An excellent historical mystery, with Collin's Nate Heller filling the role of an real-life private detective who investigated the murder of Sir Harry Oaks.

Look for the reference to Dick Tracy that Collins ames at the end: "It hurts."