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Actual rating is 3.5 stars. This is part of a series but is a stand alone novel. In this one we visit Mike Hammer who is a little older and has been seriously injured and on death's door. He is told to take it easy but in typical Mike Hammer fashion he finds himself in the middle of something where h Leggi tutto

This is book 13 of the Mike Hammer series & the last one that Spillane did before he died, I believe. ( Max Allan Collins has finished up a few more from Spillane's notes.) Unfortunately, it sucked. Mind you, I don't expect a lot out of Mike Hammer novels. They're ego-fests, first person shoot 'em up Leggi tutto

"You almost went down the black alley. Nobody comes back from there." Black Alley is a hard book to rate on its own merits. In the opening pages we're introduced to a near dead Mike Hammer as he slowly recovers from multiple gunshot wounds. The cause and effect alludes to the reader having some prior Leggi tutto

Pare sia il secondo che leggo della serie secondo Anobii. E questo è l'ultimo. Se becco delle ristslampe o al mercatino dell'usato penso che comprerò i mancanti.

This Mike Hammer adventure is quite different from other I've read. First, this one is set in more modern times and sadly, Hammer feels out of place. Hammer is still tough, but is showing signs of recognizing his own mortality-- which may have been Spillane writing more about himself than Hammer, as Leggi tutto