The Goliath Bone
 First edition cover | |
| Author | Mickey Spillane with Max Allan Collins |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | October 13, 2008 |
| ISBN | 978-0-15-101454-5 |
The Goliath Bone is the 14th entry in the Mike Hammer series by American crime novelist Mickey Spillane, first published on October 13, 2008.[1][2][3] Spillane died in 2006, so the novel completed by Max Allan Collins. The Goliath Bone is one of three almost-finished Mike Hammer novels that Spillane entrusted Collins to finish before his death in 2006.
Plot
[edit]Hammer is forced to put off retirement and his marriage to his longtime love and secretary, Velda, after he falls into the middle of an international crisis. Hammer saves a couple of archaeologists from unknown muggers in New York, who turn out to be Al Qaeda agents who believe they possess a thigh bone of the Biblical character Goliath. Hammer now finds himself going against Islamic terrorists, including a 7-foot agent code named "Goliath".
In the novel, Mike Hammer marries Velda Sterling at City Hall.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Goliath Bone". Kirkus Reviews. August 15, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "The Goliath Bone". Booklist. September 1, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "The Goliath Bone by Mickey Spillane". Publishers Weekly. August 25, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ Spillane, Mickey (2008). The Goliath Bone. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando Florida 32887-6777: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-15-101454-5.
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