Seduction of the Innocent (Hard Case Crime) - Softcover

"Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller." - Jeffery Deaver

"Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality...classic pulp fiction." -" USA Today"

"Collins' witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud." -" Entertainment Weekly"

"Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer." - Andrew Vachss

"Collins makes it sound as though it really happened." --New York Daily News

"Truly individual and inspiring work. --Crime Time

"It's perfectly written, hitting all the right notes in terms of atmosphere, characterisation and plot and I loved it. So well is it written that, even when you know who was guilty, there's still plenty here to make it worthy of a second reading. --Book Bag Review

"A fast read, hedged by a bevy of hilarious characters and culminating in a delicious whodunit'." --Noir Whale review

"On its surface, Seduction of the Innocent is a great little pulp novel. But there s more going on. It s topical without dwelling on modern issues or pulling you out of the story for a lecture. I d highly recommend giving this one a read." --Geek News Network

"Seduction is a no-frills thriller that punches with short, rib-cracking jabs until the final sequence that strikes with a hard right cross." --The Celebrity Cafe

Max Allan Collins is a prolific crime & thriller author, and also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane. Terry Beatty is an artist and sculptor whose work includes the Ms. Tree series and related titles Mike Mist and Johnny Dynamite, as well as inking DC's The Batman Strikes. He is also a teacher at the University of Minnesota.