Quarry’s Return

The Quarry Series, Book 17

By: Max Allan Collins

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

The hitman hero of the acclaimed Cinemax series comes out of retirement when his daughter, a true-crime writer, is abducted by the subject of one of her books. A nail-biting suspense thriller from the author of Road to Perdition.

Someone snatched his daughter. Someone’s going to pay.

After nearly fifty years in the killing business, the hitman known as Quarry was enjoying a comfortable retirement–until the grown daughter he only recently met mysteriously went missing. Now it’s up to the old man to show he hasn’t lost a step and, with the help of a femme fatale from his past, prove he’s as ruthless, deadly and unstoppable as any man half his age.

Coming hard on the heels of the Edgar Award finalist Quarry’s Blood, which first introduced Quarry’s daughter, Quarry’s Return is a high-stakes thriller from the legendary author of Road to Perdition that will remind you why this notorious killer (star of a feature film and a Cinemax TV series) is the best there ever was.

©2024 Max Allan Collins (P)2024 Skyboat Media

Don't let it end like this, Mr. Collins.

Unfortunately, Quarry is rather weak in this last one. Two woman save his ass on different deadly occasions. I didn't like that, and I wished he at least would have shot some villains himself instead of stumbling around and losing in fights his gun all the time. Quarry is 72 in this novel and not 92. So why make him such an old geezer? You have to rectify that, Mister Collins and write another "last one" where he is 73 and is recovered enough to do his killings himself! Please, don't let him die as this helpless old man as he is in this novel. I beg of you! :-)
Since years, I read your Quarry novels over and over again because they are unique, funny and full of great characters and events. I love Quarry. Don't let it end like he is too old to hold his gun in his hand! Please!

Max Allan Collins is a master

4/5 great book in the hitman Quarry series. Hard to imagine liking a hitman but you end up doing just that. MAC is a master of Noire!

So many words. So little story!

I have listened to the entire Quarry series and have enjoyed each prior novel. This one, however, included so much unnecessary content (descriptions adnauseam) coupled with a very weak plot line, that it was all I could do to finish the book.