Book 1

True Detective

by Max Allan Collins

Published 1 November 1983
The return of the Shamus award-winning crime novel by the author of the box office smash Road To Perdition. The first volume in the Nathaniel Heller 'Frank Nitti Trilogy' featuring the real-life mobster played in Road To Perdition by Stanley Tucci. Nate Heller is a cop trying to stay straight in one of the most corrupt places imaginable: Prohibition-era Chicago. When he won't sell out, he's forced to quit the force and become a private investigator. His first client is Al Capone. His best friend is Elliot Ness. His most order of business is staying alive.

Book 3

The Million-Dollar Wound

by Max Allan Collins

Published 1 January 1986
Set in wartime Chicago, this thriller follows private eye Nathan Heller as he prepares to testify against Frank Nitti, mob supremo and heir to Al Capone. But when Heller's old flame is murdered, his hunt for the killer finds him caught between rival gang interests, the FBI and the police. Max Allan Collins was the recipient of the PWA's Shamus Award for "True Detective" and is also author of "Neon Mirage" and writer of the "Dick Tracy" comic strip.