Carnal Hours

by Max Allan Collins Narrated by Dan John Miller

Overview

In July 1943, Nate Heller flies to Nassau where multimillionaire Sir Harry Oakes wants dirt dug up on Count De Marigny, the playboy who has married Harry's beautiful, underage daughter, Nancy. But the investigation has barely begun when Sir Harry turns up dead in bed-burned to death in a real-life locked-room mys¬tery-and Heller is soon working for Nancy, whose husband faces murder charges.

Chicago P.I. Heller is on his most intriguing-and dangerous-mission yet in this devilishly clever thriller filled with surprising twists and sharp turns. With the world at war, the peaceful Bahamas provide an ironic, idyllic backdrop for Nazis, the mafia, and two lovely women: one a native girl, the other an aristo¬cratic Englishwoman. Heller is aided by a certain British secret service agent (“Fleming...Ian Fleming”), and encounters along the way the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Meyer Lanksy, and Perry Mason's creator, Erle Stanley Gardner.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's 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. (July)

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.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940172676253
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	01/10/2012
Series:	Nathan Heller Series , #6
Edition description:	Unabridged

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