Majic Man (Nathan Heller Novels) [Kindle Edition]

Max Allan Collins (Author)

Book Description

Chicago P.I. Nate Heller heads to D.C. to protect Secretary of Defense James Forrestal from a murder threat...but is the statesman’s worst enemy his own mental illness? The surprising, UFO-tinged truth is in Roswell, New Mexico.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Paranoia overruns rather than creeps into Chicago PI Nathan Heller's 10th historical case (Flying Blind, etc.). In 1949, longtime client James Forrestal, the outgoing U.S. secretary of defense, believes himself the target of Communist forces within the federal government who have him under personal and electronic surveillance. He hires Heller to prove it shortly before his enforced resignation, afraid that "I've betrayed my country by trying to serve it." Forrestal is being watched by a number of parties who want to exploit Heller's proximity and keep a lid on some undefined intelligence. Conspiracies nest like Russian dolls, involving the U.S. government, the Haganah (the underground Zionist defense organization), a ruthless national columnist and the famous 1947 incident in Roswell, N.M., where a UFO allegedly crashed. The lunatic effect is not lost on Heller, who muses: "Weren't Commies, Zionists, and Nazis enough? Must I add spacemen to the list?" Collins overloads the book with references (Sinatra, Truman, Capone). He needn't have bothered. Heller possesses a refreshingly gritty underside, reflected in a past that encompasses a stay in a psychiatric ward, perjury and sensitive casework for the highest levels of society and government. There's magic of a literary kind here: full-bore suspense coupled with an ingenious take on an overworked pop-historical touchstone. (Sept.) FYI: Two previous novels in the Nathan Heller series, Damned in Paradise and Stolen Away, have won Shamus Awards for Best Novel of the Year.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Set in 1949, this tenth novel in the series combines politics and mystery as Nathan Heller, a Chicago detective, attempts to find out who wants a Washington, DC, politician dead and why the case may be connected to UFO sightings in Roswell, NM. Essential for series fans.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• File Size: 615 KB
• Print Length: 377 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 161218099X
• Publisher: AmazonEncore; Reprint edition (September 13, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0054LXX0O
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,512 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars another journey to the past with Nathan Heller March 6, 2002

By J. Jordan

Format:Mass Market Paperback

I love the Nathan Heller Series. I find the blend of fiction with actual events to be great reading. The research into the past that Collins does makes the books totally credible. He is an author on my buy in hardcover list.

In this book we are taken to Roswell, and we follow Nate while he investigates the UFO rumors. As usual, we get to meet some real people from the past, and it's great fun.

Nate is a man's man, and a stereotypical PI of the times. And reading it is a real joy. And the beauty of this series is that you can read it out of order.

So don't wait, dive in!!!

Jon

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine entry in the Heller saga June 1, 2000

By Steve Richardson

Format:Hardcover

Nate Heller may have been at his best in the gangster era Chicago, but he's aging well and still coming up with imaginative "solutions" to the great historical mysteries he gets involved with. I just hope Nate has reason to be in Dallas in November 1963, he should be able to come up with a good story on that conspiracy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great private eye story. November 20, 1999

By Karl Largent

Format:Hardcover

Max Allan Collins latest, "MAJIC MAN" is a great read. Mr. Collins' ability to weave his detective hero, Nate Heller, into the fabric of what happened at Roswell is impressive.

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 Hanks's production company, Playtone.

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