Kill Your Darlings
A Mallory Mystery
By Max Allan Collins
Narrated by Dan John Miller / 5 hours 36 minutes
Roscoe Kane is one of the last—and, in Mallory’s opinion, best—of the old-school mystery writers. Back in the day, he turned out crime thrillers filled with babes, bullets, and tough-guy banter. But today Kane is filled with bitterness over the nosedive his career took after he sued a publisher. For Mallory, who learned his craft at Kane’s knee, it’s tough watching his literary hero drown his sorrows in booze—but it’s a million times tougher finding the old master drowned in a hotel bathtub.
Some call it ironic that Kane meets his end in the middle of Bouchercon, the famed convention that’s a mecca for mystery writers. The Chicago coroner calls it a drunken mishap. But Mallory spies treachery mingled with the tragedy.
Just like a classic whodunit, there’s a gallery full of suspects—from a scorned ex-wife and an ostracized gay son to an underhanded publisher and a roster of rival writers with axes to grind. Throw in a knockout dame who gives Mallory a private eyeful, an alluring widow who’s not too sad to be seductive, and a clutch of thugs who let their knuckles do the talking, and Mallory has his hands full finding justice for his hero.
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Narrated by: Dan John Miller
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Abridged: No
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Kill Your Darlings
By: Max Allan Collins
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Roscoe Kane is one of the last—and, in Mallory’s opinion, best—of the old-school mystery writers. Back in the day, he turned out crime thrillers filled with babes, bullets, and tough-guy banter. But today Kane is filled with bitterness over the nosedive his career took after he sued a publisher. For Mallory, who learned his craft at... Read more »
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By: Max Allan Collins
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
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By: Max Allan Collins
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
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By: Max Allan Collins
Narrated by: Dan John Miller
Length: 5 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
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Learn more| Author | Max Allan Collins |
| Narrator | Dan John Miller |
| ISBN | 9781469248196 |
| Length | 5 hours 36 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication date | December 11, 2012 |
| Edition | Unabridged |
| Genres | Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Thriller & Historical Fiction |
| Libro.fm rank | #153,656 Overall |
| Genre rank | #4,423 in Historical Fiction |