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True Crime

by Max Allan Collins · 1984

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By the author of The Road To Perdition, this title sees Private Eye Nate Heller trying discover who the gunshot victim was, found next to the Biograph Theatre, the man the FBI confidently identified as John Dillinger. His search for the answer leads him into a confrontation with J. Edgar Hoover.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thisprivate investigatorprivate investigatorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
ChicagoChicagoMore like thisLess of thisIllinoisIllinoisMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

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