Editing Max Allan Collins (section)

==Selected bibliography==
[[File:MaxAllanCollinsLeslieNielsen1982.jpg|thumb|right|Collins with [[Leslie Nielsen]] in 1982]]

===''Quarry'' series===
This series features a former [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine]] [[sniper]] turned professional [[assassin]] after returning from the [[Vietnam War]] in 1973. The books are narrated in first person by Quarry (a code name). He maintains his own code of honor, and rationalizes his crimes by taking contracts to kill people who he believes brought about their own demise and will eventually be murdered by one enemy or another (e.g., corrupt politicians, mobsters, exploitative businessmen, drug traffickers). 

*''Quarry'' (a.k.a. ''The Broker'') (1976)
*''Quarry's List'' (a.k.a. ''The Broker's Wife'') (1976)
*''Quarry's Deal'' (a.k.a. ''The Dealer'') (1976)
*''Quarry's Cut'' (a.k.a. ''The Slasher'') (1977)
*''Quarry's Vote'' (a.k.a. ''Primary Target'') (1987)
*''Quarry's Greatest Hits'' (contains 'Primary Target' and a short story) (2003)
*''The Last Quarry'' (2006)
*''The First Quarry'' (2008)
*''Quarry In The Middle'' (2009)
*''Quarry's Ex'' (2010)
*''The Wrong Quarry'' (2014)
*''Quarry's Choice'' (2015)
*''Quarry In The Black'' (2016)
*''Quarry's Climax'' (2017)
*''Killing Quarry'' (2019)
*''Quarry's Blood'' (2022)

[[Cinemax]] created a [[Quarry (TV series)|TV adaptation of ''Quarry'']]. Written by Michael D. Fuller and Graham Gordy based loosely on the book series, the project centers on a Marine marksman who, upon returning home from Vietnam in 1972, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. The disillusioned vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the Mississippi River.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2013/04/cinemax-orders-contract-killer-drama-pilot-based-on-max-allan-collins-quarry-books-467274/|title= Cinemax Orders Contract Killer Drama Pilot Based On Max Allan Collins' ''Quarry'' Books|first= Nellie|last= Andreeva|date= April 3, 2013|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151017013028/http://deadline.com/2013/04/cinemax-orders-contract-killer-drama-pilot-based-on-max-allan-collins-quarry-books-467274/|archive-date= October 17, 2015|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://tvnewstoday.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/pilot-scoop-cinemax-orders-1970s-drama-quarry/|title= Pilot Scoop: Cinemax Orders 1970s Drama ''Quarry''|date= April 5, 2013|publisher= TV News Today|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130917173933/http://tvnewstoday.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/pilot-scoop-cinemax-orders-1970s-drama-quarry/|archive-date= September 17, 2013|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The show was cancelled in May 2017 after the first season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=May 31, 2017 |title='Quarry' Canceled By Cinemax After One Season |url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/quarry-canceled-cinemax-one-season-1202104986/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref>

===''Nolan'' series===
This series features a professional thief, similar to and apparently inspired by [[Richard Stark]]'s "[[Parker (Stark novels character)|Parker]]" character, who operates in the Midwest.

*''Bait Money'' (1981)
*''Blood Money'' (1981)
*''Fly Paper'' (1981)
*''Hush Money'' (1981)
*''Hard Cash'' (1981)
*''Scratch Fever'' (1982)
*''Spree'' (1987)
*''Mourn the Living'' (1999) Collins's first written novel, but not published until 1999)
*''Two for the Money'' (omnibus reprint of the first two books ''Bait Money'' and ''Blood Money'') (2004)
*''Skim Deep'' (2020)
*''Double Down'' (omnibus reprint of the third and fourth books ''Fly Paper'' and ''Hush Money'') (2021)
*''Tough Tender'' (omnibus reprint of the fifth and sixth books ''Hard Cash'' and ''Scratch Fever'') (2022)
*''Mad Money'' (omnibus reprint of the seventh and eighth books ''Spree'' and ''Mourn the Living'') (2023)

===Mallory series===
The Mallory series is about a mystery writer in Iowa who solves crimes.

*''The Baby Blue Rip-Off'' (1983)
*''No Cure for Death'' (1983)
*''Kill Your Darlings'' (1984)
*''A Shroud for Aquarius'' (1985)
*''Nice Weekend for a Murder'' (1986)

===Nathan Heller series===
Collins' longest running series and arguably his best known work is his Nathan Heller series. Heller is a Chicago private investigator who gets involved in famous crimes and meets famous people from the 1930s to the 1960s, including [[Orson Welles]], [[Frank Nitti]], and [[Sally Rand]]. The first novel in this historical fiction series, ''True Detective'', won the 1984 [[Shamus Award]] for Best P.I. Hardcover from the [[Private Eye Writers of America]]. Collins won his second Shamus in 1992 for the Heller novel ''Stolen Away'',<ref name="Shamus winners" /> an account of the [[Lindbergh kidnapping]]. His 1999 novel ''[[Flying Blind (novel)|Flying Blind]]'' sees Heller investigate the disappearance of [[Amelia Earhart]], along the way becoming romantically involved with her. With the release of ''Chicago Confidential'', Collins moved the action into the 1950s. ''Target Lancer'', about an alleged attempt to assassinate [[John F. Kennedy]] in Chicago just weeks before the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|actual assassination]] in Dallas, was published in November 2012.
*''True Detective'' (November 1983)
*''True Crime'' (December 1984)
*''The [[Million-Dollar Wound]]'' (February 1986)
*''Neon Mirage'' (February 1988)
*''Stolen Away'' (May 1991)
*''Dying in the Post-War World'' (October 1991) – Novella
*''Carnal Hours'' (April 1994) (about [[Harry Oakes]]' murder)
*''Blood and Thunder'' (August 1995) (about [[Huey Long]]'s assassination)
*''Damned in Paradise'' (October 1996)
*''[[Flying Blind (novel)|Flying Blind]]'' (August 1998)
*''Majic Man'' (September 1999)
*''Angel in Black'' (March 2001)
*''Kisses of Death: A Nathan Heller Casebook'' ([[Crippen & Landru]], June 2001) – Short story collection
*''Chicago Confidential'' (June 2002)
*''Bye Bye, Baby'' (August 2011)
*''Chicago Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories'' (October 2011)
*''Triple Play: A Nathan Heller Casebook (April 2012)'' – Includes "Dying in the Post-War World", "Kisses of Death", and "Strike Zone"
*''Target Lancer'' (November 2012)
*''Ask Not ''(2013)
*''Better Dead'' (2016)
*''Do No Harm'' (2020)
*''The Big Bundle'' (January 2023)
*''Too Many Bullets'' (October 2023)

===Eliot Ness series===
This series of novels is about real life [[The Untouchables (law enforcement)|Untouchable]] [[Eliot Ness]]'s career as Director of Public Safety in Cleveland.

*''The Dark City'' (1987)
*''Butcher's Dozen'' (1988)
*''Bullet Proof'' (1989)
*''Murder by the Numbers'' (1993)
*''An Eliot Ness Mystery Omnibus'' (2020) – contains all four novels in one volume
*''Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher: Hunting America's Deadliest Unidentified Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology'' (2020) – co-written with A. Brad Schwartz
*''Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago'' (2020) – co-written with A. Brad Schwartz

===''Dick Tracy'' series===
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*''Dick Tracy'' (May 1990), film novelization
*''Dick Tracy: The Secret Files'' (June 1990), Editor (with [[Martin H. Greenberg]]), also contains short story ''Not a Creature Was Stirring''
*''Dick Tracy and the Nightmare Machine'' with Dick Locher (January 1991) – comic strip collection
*''Dick Tracy Goes to War'' (February 1991) – novel
*''Dick Tracy Meets His Match'' (February 1992) – novel
*''Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles Volume 1'' (October 2003) – comic strip collection
*''Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles Volume 2'' (October 2004) – comic strip collection
*''Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles Volume 3'' (January 2005)- comic strip collection

===Novelizations===
*''[[In the Line of Fire]]'' (1993)
*''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' (1994)
*''[[I Love Trouble (1994 film)|I Love Trouble]]'' (1994)
*''[[Waterworld]]'' (1995)
*''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' (1997)
*''[[U.S. Marshals (film)|U.S. Marshals]]'' (1998)
*''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (August, 1998)
*''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'' (May 1999)
*''[[U-571 (film)|U-571]]'' (2000)
*''[[The Mummy Returns]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002)
*''[[Windtalkers]]'' (April, 2002)
*''[[I Spy (2002 film)|I-Spy]]'' (October 2002)
*''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (July 2005)
*''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' (2007)
*''[[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'' (July 2008)
*''[[The X-Files: I Want to Believe]]'' (July 2008)
*''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'' (2009)
*''G.I. Joe: Above and Beyond'' (2009)

===''Road to Perdition'' series===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Author !! Release Date
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|''[[Road to Perdition (comics)|Road to Perdition]]'' || Max Allan Collins with [[Richard Piers Rayner]] || June 1998
|-
|''Road to Perdition'' Movie tie-in novel || Max Allan Collins || June 2002
|-
|''On the Road to Perdition Book 1: Oasis''|| Max Allan Collins with [[José Luis García-López]] and [[Josef Rubinstein]] || May 2003
|-
|''On the Road to Perdition Book 2: Sanctuary'' || Max Allan Collins with José Luis García-López and [[Steve Lieber]] || December 2003
|-
|''On the Road to Perdition Book 3: Detour''|| Max Allan Collins with José Luis García-López and Steve Lieber|| July 2004
|-
|''Road to Perdition: On the Road'' (*) || Max Allan Collins with José Luis García-López and Josef Rubinstein/Steve Lieber || December 2004
|-
|''Road to Purgatory'' || Max Allan Collins || December 2004
|-
|''Road to Paradise'' || Max Allan Collins || December 2005
|-
|''Return to Perdition'' || Max Allan Collins || August 2011<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.vertigocomics.com/graphic-novels/return-to-perdition|title= ''Return to Perdition''|date= August 24, 2011|publisher= [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141028080846/http://www.vertigocomics.com/graphic-novels/return-to-perdition|archive-date= October 28, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|''Road to Perdition: The New Expanded Edition'' (Novel) || Max Allan Collins || November 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/current-issue/the-jury-box/|title= The Jury Box|first= Jon L.|last= Breen|date= 2017|work= [[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170827225129/http://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/current-issue/the-jury-box/|archive-date= August 27, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|}

(*) Note: ''Road to Perdition: On the Road'', is a single-volume collection of ''On the Road to Perdition'' Books 1–3.

===Disaster series===
*''The [[Titanic]] Murders'' (April 1999)
*''The [[Hindenburg disaster|Hindenburg]] Murders'' (June 2000)
*''The [[Pearl Harbor]] Murders'' (May 2001)
*''The [[RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]] Murders'' (November 2002)
*''The [[London Blitz]] Murders'' (May 2004)
*''The [[War of the Worlds (radio drama)|War of the Worlds]] Murder'' (July 2005)

===''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' novels===
{{main|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation}}
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Author !! Release Date
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|''Double Dealer'' || Max Allan Collins || November 2001
|-
|''Sin City'' || Max Allan Collins || October 2002
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|''Cold Burn'' || Max Allan Collins || April 2003
|-
|''Body of Evidence'' || Max Allan Collins || November 2003
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|''Grave Matters'' || Max Allan Collins || October 2004
|-
|''Binding Ties'' || Max Allan Collins || April 2005
|-
|''Killing Game'' || Max Allan Collins || November 2005
|-
|''Snake Eyes'' || Max Allan Collins || September 2006
|-
|''Mortal Wounds'' *|| Max Allan Collins || October 2006
|}

*Note: ''Mortal Wounds'' is a trade paperback omnibus which collects ''Double Dealer'', ''Sin City'', and ''Cold Burn'' into a single volume.

===''CSI: Miami'' novels===
{{main|CSI: Miami}}
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Author !! Release Date
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|''Florida Getaway'' || Max Allan Collins || August 1, 2003
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|''Heat Wave'' || Max Allan Collins || July 5, 2004
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|''Exotic Racing Bombers of Death''|| Max Allan Collins || June 19, 2003
|}

===''Criminal Minds'' novels===
{{main|Criminal Minds}}
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Author !! Release Date
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|''Jump Cut'' || Max Allan Collins || November 6, 2007
|-
|''Killer Profile'' || Max Allan Collins || May 6, 2008
|-
|''Finishing School'' || Max Allan Collins || November 4, 2008
|}

===Jack & Maggie Starr series===
A mystery series set in and around the American comic book industry during the tail end of the [[Golden Age of Comic Books]]
*''A Killing in Comics'' (May 2007) – A murder mystery set around a fictionalized version of the [[Superman ownership disputes|Superman ownership dispute]]
*''Strip for Murder'' (May 2008) – A fictionalized version of the [[Al Capp]]/[[Ham Fisher]] feud and Fisher's suicide
*''Seduction of the Innocent'' (June 2013) – A murder mystery set around a fictionalized version of [[Frederic Wertham#Seduction of the Innocent and Senate hearings|Frederic Wertham's crusade against comic books]]

===J.C. Harrow Series===
*''You Can't Stop Me'' (2010)
*''No One Will Hear You''(2011)

===Other television novels===
*''[[NYPD Blue]]: Blue Beginning'' (1995)
*''[[NYPD Blue]]: Blue Blood'' (1997)
*''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]: Before the Dawn'' (2002)
*''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]: Skin Game'' (2003)
*''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]: After the Dark'' (2003)
*''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]: Buried Deep'' (2006)

===With Mickey Spillane===
{{main|Mickey Spillane}}
* ''Dead Street'' (2007)
* ''The Goliath Bone'' (2008) – Mike Hammer
* "The Big Switch" – (2009) – Mike Hammer short story
* ''The Big Bang'' (2010) – Mike Hammer
* "A Long Time Dead" (2010) – Mike Hammer short story
* "Grave Matter" (2010) – Mike Hammer short story in ''Crimes by Moonlight''
* ''Kiss Her Goodbye'' (2011) – Mike Hammer
* ''The Consummata'' (2011)
* ''Lady, Go Die!'' (2012) – Mike Hammer
* "Skin" (2012) – Mike Hammer e-book short story
* ''Complex 90'' (2013) – Mike Hammer
* "So Long, Chief" (2013) – Mike Hammer short story
*''King of the Weeds'' (2014) – Mike Hammer
* "It's in the Book" (2014) – Mike Hammer e-book short story
* ''Kill Me, Darling'' (2015) – Mike Hammer
* "Fallout" (2015) – Mike Hammer short story
* ''The Legend of Caleb York'' (2015)
*''Murder Never Knocks'' (2016) – Mike Hammer
* "A Dangerous Cat" (2016) – Mike Hammer short story
* ''The Big Showdown'' (2016) – A Caleb York story
* ''A Long Time Dead: A Mike Hammer Casebook'' (2016) – reprints Mike Hammer short stories and e-book short stories
* ''The Will to Kill'' (2017) – Mike Hammer
* ''The Bloody Spur'' (2018) – A Caleb York story
* ''Killing Town'' (2018) – Mike Hammer
* ''Murder, My Love'' (2019) – Mike Hammer
* ''The Last Stage to Hell Junction'' (2019) – A Caleb York story
* ''Hot Lead, Cold Justice'' (2020) – A Caleb York story
* ''Masquerade for Murder'' (2020) – Mike Hammer
* ''Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek'' (2021) – A Caleb York story
* ''Kill Me If You Can'' (2022) – Mike Hammer
*''Dig Two Graves'' (2023) - Mike Hammer 
*''Baby, It's Murder'' (2025) - The Final Mike Hammer Novel

===Writing as Barbara Allan (with wife Barbara Collins): Trash 'n' Treasure series===
*''Antiques Roadkill'' (August 2006)
*''Antiques Maul'' (August 2007)
*''Antiques Flee Market'' (September 2008)
*''Antiques Bizarre'' (March 2010)
*''Antiques Knock-Off'' (March 2011)
*''Antiques Disposal'' (May 2012)
*''Antiques Chop'' (May 2013)
*''Antiques Con'' (May 2014)
*''Antiques Swap'' (May 2015)
*''Antiques Fate'' (May 2016)

===Other Barbara Allan books===
*''Regeneration'' (1999)
*''Murder: His and Hers'' (2001)
*''Bombshell'' (2004)

===Writing as Patrick Culhane===
*''Black Hats'' (April 2007) – A novel featuring [[Wyatt Earp]] and [[Al Capone]] in 1920s New York
*''Red Sky in Morning'' (August 2008) – A historic mystery set in San Francisco during [[World War II]], shortly after the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].

===Miscellaneous===
*''Midnight Haul'' (1986)
*''Mommy'' (1997)
*''Mommy's Day'' (1998)
*''Protect and Defend'' (1992)
*''Blue Christmas and other Holiday Homicides'' (2001) – short story collection
*''[[Tales of the Slayer]]'' (2002) – co-author, short story collection
*''My Lolita Complex'' (2006) – short story collection
*''Deadly Beloved'' – A Ms. Tree Novel (See Comics Section) (2007)
*''What Doesn't Kill Her'' (2013)
*''Early Crimes'' (2013)
*''Supreme Justice'' (2014)
*''Fate of the Union'' (2015)
*''Murderlized'' (2020) with Matthew V. Clemens, 11 short stories
*''Shoot the Moon (and More)'' (2021) unpublished crime novel (written in 1974) and two short stories
*''Reincarnal & Other Dark Tales'' (2021) stort stories
* ''The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton'' (2021) with [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]]

===Comics===
====Aardvark-Vanaheim====
* ''A-V in 3-D'' #1 (1984)
* ''[[Ms. Tree (comic book)|Ms. Tree]]'' #10–18 (1984–1985)

====AiT/Planet Lar====
* ''[[Johnny Dynamite]]: Underworld'' #1 (2003)

====Big Entertainment/Tekno Comix====
* ''[[Mike Hammer (character)#Creation|Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger]]'' #1–11 (1995–1996)
* ''Mickey Spillane's Mike Danger'' vol. 2 #1–10 (1996–1997)

====Dark Horse Comics====
* ''Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor'' #1 (1995)
* ''Johnny Dynamite'' #1–4 (1994)

====DC Comics====
* ''[[Action Comics]] Weekly'' #601–609, 615–622, 636–641 (1988–1989)
* ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #402–403, #408–412, ''Annual'' #11 (1986–1987)
* ''[[Batman: Child of Dreams]]'' (2003)
* ''Batman: Scar of the Bat'' #1 (1996)
* ''Ms. Tree Quarterly'' #1–8 (1990–1992)
* ''Ms. Tree Special'' #9–10 (1992–1993)
* ''On the Road to Perdition: Detour'' (2004)
* ''On the Road to Perdition: Oasis'' (2003)
* ''On the Road to Perdition: Sanctuary'' (2004)
* ''Road to Perdition'' (1998)
* ''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe]]'' #10 (1991)
* ''[[Wild Dog (comics)|Wild Dog]]'' #1–4, ''Special'' #1 (1987–1989)
* ''Wild Times: [[Grifter (comics)|Grifter]]'' #1 (1999)

====Eclipse Comics====
* ''[[Eclipse Magazine]]'' #1–6 (1981–1982)
* ''Ms. Tree'' #4–9 (1983–1984)
* ''Ms. Tree's Thrilling Detective Adventures'' #1–3 (1983)

====First Comics====
* ''[[Grimjack]]'' #11 (1985)
* ''P.I.'s: Michael Mauser and Ms. Tree'' #1–3 (1985)

====IDW Publishing====
* ''[[CSI (comics)|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' #1–5 (2003)
* ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Bad Rap'' #1–5 (2003)
* ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Demon House'' #1–5 (2004)
* ''CSI: NY – Bloody Murder'' #1–5 (2005)

====Marvel Comics====
* ''[[Captain America]]: Red, White & Blue'' HC (2002)

====Renegade Press====
* ''Ms. Tree'' #19–50 (1985–1989)
* ''Ms. Tree Summer Special'' #1 (1986)
* ''Ms. Tree's 1950s Three–Dimensional Crime'' #1 (1987)
* ''Ms. Tree 3-D'' #1 (1985)

====Titan Comics====
*''Quarry's War'' (2018)
*''Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: The Night I Died'' (2018)