Max Allan Collins

47 Series

Max Allan Collins is an American author known for his work in the mystery genre. He has written novels, short stories, screenplays, and graphic novels, among other formats. Collins took over the Mike Hammer series from his friend and fellow author Mickey Spillane.

Under the pen name Patrick Culhane, Max Allan Collins authored "Black Hats" and "Red Sky in the Morning." These novels delve into gripping narratives centered around crime and mystery. "Black Hats" explores the dark underbelly of the Wild West, while "Red Sky in the Morning" uncovers a chilling plot set during World War II. Both stories captivate with their intricate plots and compelling characters, offering readers a thrilling journey through historical settings.

Bones (with Kathy Reichs)

Buried Deep

(2006)

Caleb York (with Mickey Spillane)

The Legend of Caleb York

(2015)

The Big Showdown

(2016)

The Bloody Spur

(2018)

Last Stage to Hell Junction

(2019)

Hot Lead, Cold Justice

(2020)

Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek

(2021)

Criminal Minds

Jump Cut

(2007)

Killer Profile

(2008)

Finishing School

(2008)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Double Dealer

(2002)

Sin City

(2002)

Bad Rap

(2002)(With: Jeffrey Mariotte)

Cold Burn

(2003)

Thicker Than Blood

(2003)(By: Jeffrey Mariotte)

Body of Evidence

(2003)

Grave Matters

(2004)

Binding Ties

(2005)

Killing Game

(2005)

Snake Eyes

(2006)

Brass in Pocket

(2008)(By: Jeffrey Mariotte)

Nevada Rose

(2008)(By: Jerome Preisler)

The Killing Jar

(2009)(By: Donn Cortez)

Blood Quantum

(2010)(By: Jeffrey Mariotte)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Insider's Guide to the TV Phenomenon

(2010)(By: Titan Books)

Headhunter

(2010)(By: Greg Cox)

Dark Sundays

(2010)(By: Donn Cortez)

Skin Deep

(2010)(By: Jerome Preisler)

Shock Treatment

(2010)(By: Greg Cox)

The Burning Season

(2011)(By: Jeffrey Mariotte)

CSI: Miami

Florida Getaway

(2003)

Heat Wave

(2004)

Cult Following

(2005)(By: Donn Cortez)

Riptide

(2006)(By: Donn Cortez)

Misgivings

(2006)(By: Donn Cortez)

Heart Attack

(2007)(By: Donn Cortez)

Cut and Run

(2008)(By: Donn Cortez)

Right to Die

(2008)(By: Jeffrey Mariotte)

Dark Angel

Before the Dawn

(2002)

Skin Game

(2003)

After the Dark

(2003)

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine

(1991)

Dick Tracy Goes to War

(1991)

Dick Tracy Meets His Match

(1992)

Disaster

The Titanic Murders

(1999)

The Hindenburg Murders

(2000)

The Pearl Harbor Murders

(2001)

The Lusitania Murders

(2002)

The London Blitz Murders

(2004)

The War of the Worlds Murder

(2005)

Eliot Ness

The Dark City

(1987)

Butcher's Dozen

(1988)

Bullet Proof

(1989)

Murder by the Numbers

(1993)

Fangoria Dreadtime Stories

A Good Head on His Shoulders

(1993)

Reincarnal

(1994)

Wolf

(1995)

Mercy

(2018)

Above & Beyond

(2009)

The Rise of Cobra

(2009)

G.I. Joe

A Killing in Comics

(2007)

Strip for Murder

(2008)(With: Terry Beatty)

Seduction of the Innocent

(2013)

Jackie & Maggie Starr (with Terry Beatty)

Come Spy With Me

(2020)

Live Fast, Spy Hard

(2021)

To Live and Spy In Berlin

(2021)

John Sand (with Matthew V. Clemens)

Girl Most Likely

(2019)

Girl Can't Help It

(2020)

Krista Larson

The Baby Blue Rip-Off

(1983)

No Cure for Death

(1983)

Kill Your Darlings

(1984)

A Shroud for Aquarius

(1985)

Nice Weekend for a Murder

(1986)

Mallory

I, the Jury

(1947)

My Gun Is Quick

(1950)

Vengeance is Mine

(1950)

One Lonely Night

(1951)

The Big Kill

(1951)

Kiss Me, Deadly

(1952)

The Girl Hunters

(1962)

The Snake

(1964)

The Twisted Thing

(1966)

The Body Lovers

(1967)

Survival... Zero

(1970)

The Killing Man

(1989)

Black Alley

(1996)

The Goliath Bone

(2008)

Kiss Her Goodbye

(2009)

The Big Bang

(2010)

Lady, Go Die!

(2012)

Skin

(2012)

Complex 90

(2013)

King of the Weeds

(2014)

Kill Me, Darling

(2015)

Murder Never Knocks

(2016)

A Long Time Dead

(2016)

The Will to Kill

(2017)

Killing Town

(2018)

Murder, My Love

(2019)

Masquerade for Murder

(2020)

Kill Me If You Can

(2022)

Dig Two Graves

(2023)

Baby, It's Murder

(2025)

Mike Hammer (with Mickey Spillane)

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1

(2018)(With: Mickey Spillane)

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2

(2018)(With: Mickey Spillane)

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Graphic Novels (with Mickey Spillane)

The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

(2008)

The Little Death

(2009)

Encore for Murder

(2011)

Mike Hammer Audio

Mommy

(1997)

Mommy's Day

(1998)

Mommy

One Mean Mother

(2019)

Skeleton in the Closet

(2020)

The Cold Dish

(2021)

Deadline

(2022)

Ms. Tree

The Mummy

(1999)

The Mummy Returns

(2001)

The Scorpion King

(2002)

Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

(2008)

Mummy

True Detective

(1983)

True Crime

(1984)

The Million-Dollar Wound

(1986)

Neon Mirage

(1988)

Stolen Away

(1991)

Carnal Hours

(1994)

Blood and Thunder

(1995)

Damned in Paradise

(1996)

Flying Blind

(1998)

Majic Man

(1999)

Angel in Black

(2001)

Chicago Confidential

(2002)

Bye Bye, Baby

(2011)

Target Lancer

(2012)

Ask Not

(2013)

Better Dead

(2016)

Do No Harm

(2020)

The Big Bundle

(2023)

Too Many Bullets

(2023)

Nathan Heller

Dying in the Post-War World

(1991)

Kisses of Death

(2001)

Chicago Lightning

(2011)

Triple Play

(2012)

Nathan Heller Collections

Blue Beginning

(1995)

Blue Blood

(1997)

(2021)

Quarry's Return

(2024)

Quarry

Quarry's Greatest Hits

(2003)

Quarry Collections

Supreme Justice

(2014)

Fate of the Union

(2015)(With: Matthew V. Clemens)

Executive Order

(2017)(With: Matthew V. Clemens)

Reeder & Rogers (with Matthew V. Clemens)

You Can't Stop Me

(2010)(With: Matthew Clemens)

No One Will Hear You

(2011)(With: Matthew Clemens)

You Can't Stop Me (with Matthew Clemens)

Goblins

(1994)(By: Charles L. Grant)

Hunter

(1995)(By: Charles L. Grant)

Ground Zero

(1995)(By: Kevin J. Anderson)

Whirlwind

(1995)(By: Charles L. Grant)

Ruins

(1995)(By: Kevin J. Anderson)

Antibodies

(1997)(By: Kevin J. Anderson)

Skin

(1998)(By: Ben Mezrich)

Fight the Future

(1998)(By: Elizabeth Hand)

I Want to Believe

(2008)

Trust No One

(2015)(With: Gayle Lynds,Heather Graham,Jonathan Maberry,Kevin J. Anderson,Tim Lebbon,Keith R.A. DeCandido,Brian Keene,Peter Clines,Gini Koch)

The Truth Is Out There

(2016)(By: Jonathan Maberry,Kelley Armstrong,David Farland,Rachel Caine,Hank Schwaeble,Kami Garcia,Jon McGoran,Hank Phillippi Ryan)

Perihelion

(2024)(By: Claudia Gray)

The X-Files

Volume 1

(2003)(With: Chester Gould,Rick Fletcher)

Volume 2

(2004)(With: Rick Fletcher)

Volume 3

(2004)(With: Rick Fletcher)

Volume 4

(2005)

Dick Tracy: The Collins Case Files

Fancy Anders Goes To War: Who Killed Rosie The Riveter?

(2021)

Fancy Anders

Road to Perdition

(1998)

On the Road to Perdition

(2003)

Road to Purgatory

(2004)

Return to Perdition

(2011)

The Book of Virtue

(2012)(By: Ken Bruen)

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

(2012)(By: C.J. Box)

The Book Thing

(2012)(By: Laura Lippman)

The Book Case

(2012)(By: Nelson DeMille)

An Acceptable Sacrifice

(2012)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Death Leaves a Bookmark

(2012)(By: William Link)

The Final Testament

(2013)(By: Peter Blauner)

Rides a Stranger

(2013)(By: David Bell)

The Long Sonata of the Dead

(2013)(By: Andrew Taylor)

The Book of Ghosts

(2013)(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)

The Compendium of Srem

(2014)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

What's in a Name?

(2014)(By: Thomas H. Cook)

Remaindered

(2014)(By: Peter Lovesey)

The Sequel

(2014)(By: R.L. Stine)

The Gospel of Sheba

(2014)(By: Lyndsay Faye)

Book Club

(2014)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

The Nature of My Inheritance

(2014)(By: Bradford Morrow)

It's in the Book

(2014)(With: Mickey Spillane)

The Scroll

(2014)(By: Anne Perry)

The Book of the Lion

(2015)(By: Thomas Perry)

The Little Men

(2015)(By: Megan Abbott)

Condor in the Stacks

(2015)(By: James Grady)

Mystery, Inc.

(2015)(By: Joyce Carol Oates)

Every Seven Years

(2015)(By: Denise Mina)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

The Travelling Companion

(2016)(By: Ian Rankin)

Citadel

(2016)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Reconciliation Day

(2016)(By: Christopher Fowler)

Dead Dames Don't Sing

(2016)(By: John Harvey)

The Haze

(2016)(By: James W. Hall)

Hoodoo Harry

(2017)(By: Joe R. Lansdale)

The Pretty Little Box

(2018)(By: Charles Todd)

Seven Years

(2018)(By: Peter Robinson)

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)(By: Robert Olen Butler)

The Last Honest Horse Thief

(2018)(By: Michael Koryta)

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

(2018)(By: John Connolly)

The Girl Who Did Say No

(2020)(By: David Handler)

The Traitor

(2022)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Dark Door

(2022)(By: Lisa Unger)

The Honeymoon Trap

(2022)(By: Peter Swanson)

Bibliomysteries

The Book of Virtue

(2012)(By: Ken Bruen)

The Scroll

(2014)(By: Anne Perry)

Pronghorns of the Third Reich

(2012)(By: C.J. Box)

An Acceptable Sacrifice

(2012)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Death Leaves a Bookmark

(2012)(By: William Link)

Seven Years

(2018)(By: Peter Robinson)

The Book Thing

(2012)(By: Laura Lippman)

The Book of Ghosts

(2013)(By: Reed Farrel Coleman)

Book Club

(2014)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

The Long Sonata of the Dead

(2013)(By: Andrew Taylor)

The Final Testament

(2013)(By: Peter Blauner)

Rides a Stranger

(2013)(By: David Bell)

What's in a Name?

(2014)(By: Thomas H. Cook)

It's in the Book

(2014)(With: Mickey Spillane)

The Nature of My Inheritance

(2014)(By: Bradford Morrow)

Remaindered

(2014)(By: Peter Lovesey)

The Compendium of Srem

(2014)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

The Gospel of Sheba

(2014)(By: Lyndsay Faye)

The Sequel

(2014)(By: R.L. Stine)

The Book of the Lion

(2015)(By: Thomas Perry)

The Little Men

(2015)(By: Megan Abbott)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

Every Seven Years

(2015)(By: Denise Mina)

Citadel

(2016)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Condor in the Stacks

(2015)(By: James Grady)

Mystery, Inc.

(2015)(By: Joyce Carol Oates)

The Travelling Companion

(2016)(By: Ian Rankin)

The Haze

(2016)(By: James W. Hall)

Dead Dames Don't Sing

(2016)(By: John Harvey)

Reconciliation Day

(2016)(By: Christopher Fowler)

Hoodoo Harry

(2017)(By: Joe R. Lansdale)

The Pretty Little Box

(2018)(By: Charles Todd)

The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository

(2018)(By: John Connolly)

The Hemingway Valise

(2018)(By: Robert Olen Butler)

The Last Honest Horse Thief

(2018)(By: Michael Koryta)

The Book Case

(2012)(By: Nelson DeMille)

From the Queen

(2015)(By: Carolyn Hart)

The Girl Who Did Say No

(2020)(By: David Handler)

The Traitor

(2022)(By: Martin Edwards)

The Dark Door

(2022)(By: Lisa Unger)

The Honeymoon Trap

(2022)(By: Peter Swanson)

Chronological Order of Bibliomysteries

The Killing Man

(1989)(By: Mickey Spillane)

So Long, Chief

(2013)(With: Mickey Spillane)

A Dangerous Cat

(2017)(With: Mickey Spillane)

(2020)

Antiques Carry on

(2021)

Antiques Liquidation

(2022)

Antiques Foe

(2023)

Antiques Slay Belles

(2024)

Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery (as Barbara Allan)

Midnight Haul

(1986)

In the Line of Fire

(1993)

Maverick

(1994)(With: Dewey Gram)

Waterworld

(1995)

Daylight

(1996)

Air Force One

(1997)

American Gangster

(1997)(With: Steve Zaillian)

U.S. Marshals

(1998)

Regeneration

(1999)(With: Barbara Collins)

U-571

(2000)

Windtalkers

(2001)

The History of Mystery

(2001)

I Spy

(2002)

Bombshell

(2004)(With: Barbara Collins)

The Pink Panther

(2005)

Black Hats

(2007)(As: Patrick Culhane)

Deadly Beloved

(2007)

Red Sky in Morning

(2008)(As: Patrick Culhane)

The Consummata

(2011)(With: Mickey Spillane)

Flower for the Butcher

(2012)

Saving Private Ryan

(2012)

What Doesn't Kill Her

(2013)

USS Powderkeg

(2018)

Cutout

(2024)(With: Barbara Collins)

Standalone Novels

Scrap

(1987)

Dying in the Post-War World

(1991)

The Blonde Tigress

(2008)

So Long, Chief

(2013)(With: Mickey Spillane)

A Dangerous Cat

(2017)(With: Mickey Spillane)

Short Stories/Novellas

Blue Christmas and Other Holiday Homicides

(2001)

Early Crimes

(2013)

Murderlized

(2020)(With: Matthew V. Clemens)

Murder—His & Hers

(2020)(With: Barbara Collins)

Shoot The Moon

(2021)

Reincarnal & Other Dark Tales

(2021)

Suspense—His & Hers: Tales of Love and Murder

(2021)(With: Barbara Collins)

Short Story Collections

Road to Perdition 2: On the Road

(2003)

Quarry's War

(2018)

Deadly Beloved and Other Stories

(2022)(With: Johnny Craig,Al Feldstein)

Graphic Novels

The Mystery Scene Movie Guide

(1984)

The Critics' Choice

(1988)(With: John Javna)

Gil Elvgren: The Wartime Pin-Ups

(1996)

Earl MacPherson: The Sketchbook Pin-Ups

(1997)

Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan

(1998)

Pin-Up Poster Book: The Billy DeVorss Collection

(1998)

For the Boys: The Racy Pin-Ups of World War II

(2000)

Calendar Girl

(2003)

Mickey Spillane on Screen

(2012)(With: James L. Traylor)

Scarface and the Untouchable

(2018)(With: A. Brad Schwartz)

Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher

(2020)(With: A. Brad Schwartz)

Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction

(2023)(With: James L. Traylor)

Non-Fiction

San Francisco Noir

(2002)

Seattle Noir

(2003)

Bronx Noir

(2003)

Brooklyn Noir

(2004)

Brooklyn Noir 2

(2005)

Chicago Noir

(2005)

Manhattan Noir

(2006)

Miami Noir: The Classics

(2006)

D.C. Noir

(2006)

Baltimore Noir

(2006)

London Noir

(2006)

New Orleans Noir

(2007)

Los Angeles Noir

(2007)

Wall Street Noir

(2007)

Havana Noir

(2007)

Detroit Noir

(2007)

Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth

(2008)

Toronto Noir

(2008)

Las Vegas Noir

(2008)

Manhattan Noir 2

(2008)

Paris Noir

(2008)

Istanbul Noir

(2008)

Boston Noir

(2009)

Rome Noir

(2009)

San Francisco Noir 2

(2009)

Portland Noir

(2009)

Delhi Noir

(2009)

Phoenix Noir

(2009)

Los Angeles Noir 2

(2010)

Mexico City Noir

(2010)

Richmond Noir

(2010)

Orange County Noir

(2010)

Indian Country Noir

(2010)

Moscow Noir

(2010)

Lone Star Noir

(2010)

Philadelphia Noir

(2010)

Haiti Noir

(2010)

Copenhagen Noir

(2010)

Pittsburgh Noir

(2011)

San Diego Noir

(2011)

Pittsburgh Noir

(2011)

Barcelona Noir

(2011)

Cape Cod Noir

(2011)

Staten Island Noir

(2012)

Mumbai Noir

(2012)

Long Island Noir

(2012)

Venice Noir

(2012)

Kingston Noir

(2012)

St. Petersburg Noir

(2012)

Kansas City Noir

(2012)

Boston Noir 2

(2012)

Manila Noir

(2013)

Buffalo Noir

(2013)

Twin Cities Noir

(2013)

Dallas Noir

(2013)

Haiti Noir 2

(2013)

Singapore Noir

(2014)

Prison Noir

(2014)

Tel Aviv Noir

(2014)

Tehran Noir

(2014)

Belfast Noir

(2014)

Helsinki Noir

(2014)

Providence Noir

(2015)

Chicago Noir: The Classics

(2015)

Memphis Noir

(2015)

Zagreb Noir

(2015)

Marseille Noir

(2015)

Beirut Noir

(2015)

Stockholm Noir

(2016)

Brussels Noir

(2016)

Mississippi Noir

(2016)

St. Louis Noir

(2016)

Prague Noir

(2016)

San Juan Noir

(2016)

Oakland Noir

(2017)

Trinidad Noir

(2017)

Atlanta Noir

(2017)

New Haven Noir

(2017)

Montana Noir

(2017)

Buenos Aires Noir

(2017)

Montreal Noir

(2017)

Berlin Noir

(2018)

São Paulo Noir

(2018)

Santa Cruz Noir

(2018)

Lagos Noir

(2018)

Marrakech Noir

(2018)

Baghdad Noir

(2018)

Vancouver Noir

(2018)

Sydney Noir

(2018)

Hong Kong Noir

(2018)

Amsterdam Noir

(2019)

Houston Noir

(2019)

Columbus Noir

(2020)

Santa Fe Noir

(2020)

Alabama Noir

(2020)

Addis Ababa Noir

(2020)

Tampa Bay Noir

(2020)

Belgrade Noir

(2020)

Akashic Noir

Rambo

(2022)(By: David Morrell)

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike

(2022)(By: Robert Crais)

Jack Taylor

(2022)(By: Ken Bruen)

Jack Reacher

(2022)(By: Lee Child)

Charlie Parker

(2022)(By: John Connolly)

Hieronymus Bosch

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Lincoln Rhyme

(2022)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Alex Delaware

(2022)(By: Jonathan Kellerman)

Tess Monaghan

(2022)(By: Laura Lippman)

Charlie Resnick

(2022)(By: John Harvey)

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus

(2022)(By: Faye Kellerman)

Inspector Morse

(2022)(By: Colin Dexter)

Dismas Hardy

(2022)(By: John Lescroart)

Bob Lee Swagger

(2022)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Aloysius X. L. Pendergast

(2022)(By: Douglas Preston)

Lou Boldt

(2022)(By: Ridley Pearson)

Spenser

(2022)(By: Robert B. Parker)

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt

(2022)(By: Anne Perry)

John Rebus

(2022)(By: Ian Rankin)

Mallory

(2022)(By: Carol O'Connell)

Jane Whitefield

(2022)(By: Thomas Perry)

Ian Rutledge

(2022)(By: Charles Todd)

Amos Walker

(2022)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

Precious Ramotswe

(2022)(By: Alexander McCall Smith)

Maisie Dobbs

(2022)(By: Jacqueline Winspear)

The Lincoln Lawyer

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Condor

(2023)(By: James Grady)

Ben Kincaid

(2023)(By: William Bernhardt)

Repairman Jack

(2023)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

Joe Pickett

(2024)(By: C.J. Box)

Peter Diamond

(2024)(By: Peter Lovesey)

Nathan Heller

(2024)

Mysterious Profiles

Tales of the Slayer

(2001)(By: Greg Rucka,Christie Golden,Nancy Holder,Christopher Golden,Yvonne Navarro,Doranna Durgin,Mel Odom,Joss Whedon)

Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 2

(2002)(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Nancy Holder,Greg Cox,Michael Reaves,Matthew V. Clemens,Joss Whedon,Scott Allie,Jane Espenson,Melinda Metz,Laura J. Burns,Rebecca Rand Kirshner,Kara Dalky,Todd McIntosh)