{"product_id":"tough-tender-9781789091434","title":"Tough Tender","description":"\u003cb\u003eHas Nolan met his match? MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins' veteran thief faces off against a cold-blooded femme fatale in this double-length adventure originally published as two complete novels and unavailable in stores for three decades.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pulp fiction doesn't get much better.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSOMETIMES YOU BURY THE PAST. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSOMETIMES IT BURIES YOU. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery professional thief knows you never return to the scene of a crime. But what if you're forced to? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this intense heist story - appearing in bookstores for the first time in three decades - MWA Grandmaster Max Allan Collins brings veteran thief Nolan and his young partner in crime Jon back to rob the same bank they targeted in their debut novel, TWO FOR THE MONEY, at the behest of an embezzling executive and a femme fatale with dollar signs where her soul should be. And those aren't the only figures resurfacing from the past either - the ruthless Comfort clan is back to even old scores, and some members of the Outfit are packing bullets with Nolan's name on them. With all these forces marshalled against him, can even the toughest professional hardcase come out on top?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Allan Collins\u003c\/b\u003e was hailed in 2004 by Publisher's Weekly as \"a new breed of writer.\" A frequent Mystery Writers of America nominee in both fiction and non-fiction categories, he has earned an unprecedented eighteen Private Eye Writers of America nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/i\u003e (1983) and \u003ci\u003eStolen Away\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). In 2002, his graphic novel \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into an Academy-Award winning film, starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law and Daniel Craig. He lived in Iowa, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Titan Books (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50382797472018,"sku":"9781789091434","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_388fe43d-4cd2-4ef0-9a73-2017d29be542.jpg?v=1728718354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tough-tender-9781789091434","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}