Mickey Spillane

Una noche el detective Mike Hammer hace una parada en un bar. Allí encuentra una provocativa pelirroja,solitaria, sin mucha clientela ni suerte en la vida. Ambos entablan una amistosa conversación que acaba con uncomentario del detective a la joven: todo le iria mejor si cambiara de trabajo. Sin embargo, ella apenas tiene tiempode seguir su consejo porque al dia siguiente muere atropellada por un coche que se da a la fuga. Aunque la policia creeque se trata de un simple accidente de trafico, Mike Hammer sospecha que hay algo que no cuadra. El deseo de darsentido a la muerte de la joven le lleva a sumergirse poco a poco en un mundo sordido y violento. El rudo y curtidoMike Hammer, indiscutiblemente uno de los detectives mas famosos del genero negro, es el protagonista absoluto de Mipistola es veloz. En esta exitosa novela aparecida por primera vez en 1950, Mickey Spillane plasma como nadie los bajosfondos de Nueva York, dota a la trama de un ritmo vertiginoso y sigue dando vida a un personaje iconico de la culturaamericana.

Jack Williams, el mejor amigo de Mike Hammer y a quien éste le debe la vida, ha sido brutalmente asesinado. Hammer, ante el cadáver de Williams, hace el solemne juramento de encontrar al autor del homicidio y de tomarse la justicia por su mano, puesto que no confia en que el sistema judicial estadounidense imponga el castigo que el pretende infligir. Sin embargo, el camino hacia su objetivo final no sera nada facil, ya que lo que se esconde tras el asesinato de Williams parece ser mas complejo y peligroso de lo previsto.Con Yo, el jurado Mickey Spillane presento en sociedad a Mike Hammer, uno de los personajes mas famosos y politicamente incorrectos de la historia del genero policiaco, el cual, a pesar de las polemicas que ha levantado a lo largo de su vida literaria, ha sabido siempre conectar facilmente con el gran publico, como lo demuestran las cifras millonarias de ventas de sus novelas y el hecho de haber sido llevado en diversas ocasiones a la gran pantalla y a la television.

The toughest private eye in mystery fiction is back - it's the middle of the Swinging Sixties in midtown Manhattan Hammer, recuperating from a near fatal mix-up with the Mob, disturbs some drug dealers assaulting a young motorbike messenger who was transporting medicine for a hospital He saves the kid but the muggers are not so lucky The Mob and a new young breed of drug trafficker assume he will target them, and they target him right back, with a street-corner knife attack...

In Mickey Spillane''s classic private eye novels, the action exploded in a bone crunching catharsis. Men and women didn''t make love - they collided. Tough brutes used their fists to drive home a message. Tougher broads used guile. And no one''s morals were loftier than the gutter. No apologies. Little redemption. These novels rendered critics powerless, shocked intellectuals, inspired a new wave of pulp mayhem, and left the public hungry for more.

Mike Hammer es un duro detective neoyorquino poco amigo de normas o disciplina, un prodigio de fuerza física y mental. En este libro se incluyen dos de sus más famosas historias: Bésame, moribunda y

Mike Hammer es un duro detective neoyorquino poco amigo de normas o disciplina, un prodigio de fuerza física y mental. En este libro se incluyen dos de sus novelas: La serpiente, donde debe proteger a una muchacha perseguida por dos asesinos sin escrupulos, y Un caso perverso, donde investigara el secuestro de un niño prodigio, hijo de un cientifico de reputacion internacional que se rodea de intrigantes familiares y personal sospechoso...Frank Morrison Spillane, mas conocido como Mickey Spillane (1918-2006), comenzo su carrera de escritor como guionista de comics, y por su pluma pasaron algunos de los mas famosos personajes del medio: Superman, Batman, el Capitan Marvel o el Capitan America. En 1945, escribio su primera novela, que completo en tan solo 19 dias, y de la que vendio seis millones y medio de copias solo en Estados Unidos. En ella presento su mas famosa creacion, el detective privado Mike Hammer, que entraria en la historia del genero negro por la puerta grande y del que escribio un total de 13 novelas. Ahora, ECC Ediciones presenta la coleccion Mike Hammer de Mickey Spillane, con nuevas y muy cuidadas traducciones.

Frank Morrison Spillane, más conocido como Mickey Spillane (1918-2006), comenzó su carrera de escritor como guionista de cómics, y por su pluma pasaron algunos de los más famosos personajes del medio: Superman, Batman, el Capitan Marvel o el Capitan America. En 1945, escribio su primera novela, que completo en tan solo 19 dias y de la que vendio seis millones y medio de copias solo en Estados Unidos. En ella presento su mas famosa creacion, el detective privado Mike Hammer, que entraria en la historia del genero negro por la puerta grande y del que escribio un total de 13 novelas. Ahora, ECC Ediciones presenta la coleccion Mike Hammer, de Mickey Spillane con nuevas y muy cuidadas traducciones.

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike HammerThe king of hard-boiled crime fiction USA TODAYClassic pulp crime fiction from an author who has sold over 200 million copies worldwide.When Jack Williams is discovered shot dead, the investigating cop Pat Chambers calls his acquaintance, and Jacks closest friend, PI Mike Hammer. Back when they fought in the Marines together, Jack took a Japanese bayonet, losing his arm, to save Hammer. Hammer vows to identify the killer ahead of the police, and to exact fatal revenge. His starting point is the list of guests at a party at Jacks apartment the night he died: Jacks fiancee, a recovering dope addict, a beautiful psychiatrist, twin socialite sisters, a college student and a mobster. But as he tracks them down, so too does the killer, and soon its not only Jack who is dead . . . And now Hammer is firmly in the killers sights.

The third of the Tiger Mann adventures calls on the master of counter-espionage to act as unofficial bodyguard to a visiting Arab king.The American government is courting the visiting ruler for reasons of oil. The Communists want the king, too - but theyd prefer him dead. So Tiger has to outwit the principal Far East Communist agent, counteract Communist propaganda being fed to the king, entertain the monarchs beautiful fiance ...... and still keep his lovely Rondine happy.

" À moi le plaisir ! dis-je. Les poulets ne minquiètent pas du tout. Laissez-moi mamuser. "On vient de régler son compte à Bennett, le parrain de la mafia new-yorkaise. Ses amis comme ses ennemis att

Dogeron Kelly, a walking bomb of a man, suddenly appears in elegant - and not so elegant - New York circles with a suitcase containing a quarter of a million dollars. There are rumours, but no one is certain where he, or the money, came from. It seems he is out to claim his inheritance - or is there something else he is after?Sharon Cass, for instance: a bright and beautiful girl with some very special gifts for the right man.Whatever it is, Dog Kelly isnt telling, but his search takes in a baronial old family manor, the higher reaches of international illegal trafficking, paid mobsters and the rich and famous ...

Secret agent Tiger Mann has his wedding interrupted by a call to look into the defection of a top Russian spy, Gabin Martrel, who has requested asylum in the US but wont provide any information.Tiger figures that he has defected to find an old flame, an Olympic skier named Sonia, and that if he finds her, Martrel will talk.But a nuclear threat thrown into the mix puts not just American but British national security at risk . . .

Everyone thought Mike Hammer was dead, shot in a drugs war battle on the docks of New York. But now hes back from a stay in Florida, and in deeper trouble than ever before. He has the slaying of Marcus Dooley, an old army buddy, to pay back with interest - and two generations of a powerful Mafia family to beat at their own bloody games. Plus, just before he died Dooley revealed to Hammer that theres a missing cache of $89 billion to find - before the bad guys get their hands on it, and their sights on Hammer.And to really complicate matters, the Feds have dealt themselves into the action, eager to beat everybody to the loot.With two rock-hard fists, a well-oiled .45, his beautiful secretary, Velda, and a miracle, Hammer might just make it out of this one alive ...

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike HammerOne night, a blonde jumps out in front of PI Mike Hammers car. Shes so scared he doesnt have much choice but to give her a ride. At a police roadblock, he discovers shes on the run from a sanatorium, but he passes her off as his wife. Other people besides the police are after the blonde, and these people play rough. Real rough.The blonde turns out to be the star witness against some big-time mobsters. Mike has blundered into something unimaginably big, but the Feds dont want him involved - and take his PI licence and gun.For Mike, its a chance to strike a blow against evil on a grand scale. He discovers that something representing a great deal of money, and a lot of power, has gone missing, and that some people will go to any lengths to get it back . . .

The master of hard-boiled detective fiction is back -- and better than ever -- with Somethings Down There, a blade-sharp thriller set among the islands of the Caribbean. To the casual observer, Mako Hooker looks like any other grizzled fishing-boat captain trawling the Bermuda Triangle. Hes content with his nets in the water and a beer in the cooler, but hes hardly your typical fisherman. Hooker is in fact a retired government operative taking a much-needed respite from his highly secret, highly lethal career in the States. But when local fishermen begin to fall prey to a mysterious sea creature the islanders dub "the eater," he discovers the truth in that old saw about the spy game: Youre not retired from the Company until youre dead. Is the monster a prehistoric beast rising from the depths? Or mines from a sunken WWII destroyer, only now shaken loose by the U.S. Navys depth charges? Or the work of someone with an agenda even more deeply undercover than Hookers? Hooker quietly begins to investigate with the help of his unwitting fishing partner, Billy Bright; a local movie heiress, the seductive Judy Durant; and Hookers old nemesis, Chana Sterling. The Company sent her as backup, but Hooker doesnt trust power-hungry government agents too far -- especially Chana, who once put a bullet in him for no good reason. As more boats are mauled and the islanders begin to panic, the action heats up and the players multiply: a Hollywood film company arrives on the scene, eager to turn live footage of "the eater" into box-office payoff, and the heavyweight film executive in charge looks suspiciously like Tony Pallatzo, a Brooklyn mobster from Hookers violent past. As he moves steadily closer to the truth, Hooker realizes that someone (or something) is plotting to stop him, and only his rusty instincts will save him this time. A riveting story of criminal intrigue, greed, romance, and the mysteries of the deep, Somethings Down There showcases Mickey Spillane at his best.

Private eye Mike Hammer is recuperating in Florida after a mob shootout when he learns that his old mentor from the New York police force has taken his own life. All the evidence points to suicide, but Hammer knows that Inspector Doolan would never have killed himself - and that its finally time for him to return to his once beloved New York. When a woman is murdered just a few blocks from Doolans funeral, Hammer is soon drawn into the hunt for a hoard of Nazi diamonds, and for a mystery woman who had been close to Doolan in his final days. Before long, the investigation leads him to a Mafia social club, and to a classic Spillane showdown. A week before his death, Mickey Spillane entrusted all of his unfinished works to his frequent collaborator, Max Allan Collins. Kiss Her Goodbye is based on two of Spillanes unfinished novels.