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.