{"product_id":"headed-for-a-hearse-hardcover","title":"Headed for a Hearse - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Latimer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMax Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Westland's date with the executioner is just around the corner when he finally decides to fight the murder rap sending him to the electric chair. Framed for his wife's grisly demise, Westland is in a bind, and his last hope is Bill Crane, a booze-soaked detective who's as ruthless with a quip as he is when trawling the streets for Chicago's most brutal criminal element.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrane's got just six days to suss out the real killer--he sets his sights on a cast of oddball characters, aided by a lime squeezer, a quart of whiskey, a monkey wrench, a taxicab, a stopwatch, and a deep sea diver... but in 1930s Chicago, everyone's got a secret, and the pressure is on for Crane to separate the dangerous from the truly homicidal before it's too late. Chicago crime beat journalist-turned-novelist Jonathan Latimer blends hardboiled detective fiction with a shot of screwball comedy in the fast-moving, realistic 1935 baffler Headed for a Hearse, an exciting combination of the macabre and the humorous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes discussion guide questions for use in book clubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Latimer\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1983) was a bestselling author and screenwriter. Born in Chicago, he began his career as a crime reporter for the Herald Examiner, working there until 1935, when he set out on a twisting road to Hollywood, which included stints as a dude rancher, a stunt man, and a publicist. In the late 1930s he began writing screenplays for MGM, producing the scripts for several classic noir films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Big Clock\u003c\/i\u003e (1948) and the adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Key\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), which starred Alan Ladd. All the while, Latimer was writing fast-paced mystery novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Lady in the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e (1936) and \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Don't Care\u003c\/i\u003e (1938). After fighting in World War II, he returned to Hollywood, where he continued writing novels and became a staff writer for the Perry Mason show. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1948, Muscatine, Iowa) was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2017. He is the author of the Shamus Award-winning Nathan Heller historical detective novels and the innovative Quarry series, recently adapted for TV by Cinemax. \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e, his graphic novel (with artist Richard Piers Rayner), became an Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks. His other comics work includes the \u003ci\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e comic strip (1977-1993), \u003ci\u003eBatman\u003c\/i\u003e, and his own\u003ci\u003e Ms. Tree\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWild Dog \u003c\/i\u003e(both co-created with artist Terry Beatty).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412138868985,"sku":"9781613162804","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vhfH9rKWLf9781613162804.webp?v=1770836936","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/headed-for-a-hearse-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}