Title: The New Adventures of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Vol. 3: Encore for Murder
Release: March 1, 2011 (Audio CD)
ISBN: 978-1-4417-3218-7 (Audio CD)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
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Mike Hammer, the toughest PI of all, draws a seemingly routine assignment—playing bodyguard to diva Rita Vance on the eve of her big Broadway comeback. But Rita is an old flame of Hammer’s, and when their romance is rekindled, the detective finds the actress facing death threats and himself the target of one hit man after another. When the actress disappears, the show must go on, which with Mike Hammer means swift, violent retaliation. While the cops and feds go down a false trail, Hammer seeks to make a rescue before Rita’s curtain comes down. But first he must make sense of a mystery that takes him from a Soho art gallery to a mountain lodge, from Little Italy to a waterfront confrontation that is way, way off Broadway.

Working from the plot for an unwritten novel found in the files of the late Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) has fashioned a compelling noir thriller that is vintage Mike Hammer all the way.

2012 Audie Nominee: Best Original Work

2012 Scribe Nominee: Best Audio

2012 Angie Awards: Best Script, Best Production (IMWF radio on stage version)

Mystery Scene: "Expect a lot of action, snappy patter, much of it gleefully non-PC, and several nice plot touches, including a clever method of cleaning dirty money, all smoothly presented by a full cast." Resembles “a particularly well-written three-part episode” from the Stacy Keach TV version of Hammer.

Somebody Dies: "Stacy Keach once again takes the mantle and shows why he is Mike Hammer to many people....Collins offers up some of his best work yet in Encore for Murder...[it] shows not only was Max Allan Collins a good choice to carry on the legacy of Mickey Spillane, but also that no one could have done it better."

Author Where: "A." "Simply put, this is a great presentation and great story....a superb listening experience."

Live Performance, Part One of Two from the International Mystery Writers Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky, 2012. Courtesy KFAI Radio Minneapolis / Saint Paul.

Live Performance, Part Two of Two from the International Mystery Writers Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky, 2012. Courtesy KFAI Radio Minneapolis / Saint Paul.

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