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Black Alley (Mike Hammer Book 13) by Spillane, Mickey is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The author of I, The Jury presents his first novel in seven years, featuring his famous creation, Mike Hammer, who challenges the Mafia's most powerful family in revenge for the gunning down of an old army pal. Reprint. PW. NYT. " Amazon.com Review It's not clear whether Spillane himself or his venerable detective hero Mike Hammer has been in a coma during the seven years since his last book, but loyal fans who discovered and fell in love with the hard-boiled genre because of his early books won't care. Hammer is back, along with his trusty sidekick/secretary Velma, and age hasn't slowed them down more than a step. Hammer wakes from his brush with death to find himself embroiled in a mess involving $89 million of missing mob money. Not the smoothest writer in the arena of mystery, but certainly one of the most popular -- and influential. From Publishers Weekly Mike Hammer is a hard guy to kill. Caught in a gangster shootout in New York City, Hammer takes two slugs in the gut. Triage teams leave the tough PI for dead, but a burned-out doctor, wasting away in dockside bars, reclaims his professional pride and brings Hammer back from the brink. Mending slowly, Hammer learns that

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Author
Spillane, Mickey
Publisher
Signet : Penguin Books USA Inc
Published
1996
Language
EN
ISBN
9781101175484
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Mystery, Fiction, True Crime
Rating
4.2 / 5 (130 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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