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Carnal Hours (Nathan Heller Novels) [Kindle Edition]

Max Allan Collins
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September 13, 2011
When the richest man in the Bahamas is murdered by fire, Chicago P.I. Nate Heller races to clear the dead man’s playboy son-in-law—despite stray bullets, Nazi spies, and carnal distractions.


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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.

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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.

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  • File Size: 648 KB
  • Print Length: 425 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1612180973
  • Publisher: AmazonEncore; Reissue edition (September 13, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0054LXX2C
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,082 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
A murder in paradise. July 10, 2008
Format: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.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Intense storyline June 17, 1996
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Format: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
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I really like the series and have read most of them. My gripe: the author seems determined to inject some short, steamy sex episodes in each book. These are gratuitous and serve no purpose other than to establish the "ladies man" reputation of Heller, which could be accomplished without the silly detail. I'm not prudish but each time these short episodes struck me as stupid and juvenile. But the books are great and Heller's trip to the Bahamas is one of the best in the series.
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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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