Max Allan Collins, author of Bye Bye Baby, has published new crime story featuring Marilyn.
Kisses of Death is one of three novellas included in Triple Play: A Max Heller Casebook, available in paperback for £8.99 or via Kindle for just £1.99 at Amazon, who describe the story thus: “Kisses of Death follows the PI into the 1950s, when he is hired to guard Marilyn Monroe. The famous starlet’s intellectual pursuits eventually take Heller to Greenwich Village and a grisly murder.”
The MM lookalike on the cover is Collins’ wife, Barbara. Interestingly, they previously collaborated on another Marilyn-inspired novel, Bombshell, back in 2004.
Ed Gorman – author of a 1995 crime novel, The Marilyn Tapes - reviewed Triple Play on his blog recently and had this to say about Kiss of Death:
“If you have somehow never made acquaintance with Mr. Heller I suggest this is a fine introduction. His take on Marilyn Monroe captures the star in a way that numerous ponderous biographies never have for me–Heller identifies her as a girl-woman which she most certainly was. Collins is always particularly vivid when he writes about Old Hollywood and even in the shorter form both the mystery and the industry-run town are unforgettable. His take on Greenwich Village is masterful.”
