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Quarry

Quarry

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

By Max Allan Collins

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Mar 29, 2011 | ISBN 9780857683649

Paperback $17.99

Sep 09, 2025 | ISBN 9781835411780

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Apr 20, 2011 | ISBN 9780857686428

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Sep 09, 2025 | ISBN 9781835414279

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    About The First Quarry

    BIG MAN ON CAMPUS

    Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).

    But where did Quarry’s story start?  For first time ever, the best-selling author of ROAD TO PERDITION takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins…

    About The First Quarry

    BIG MAN ON CAMPUS

    Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).

    But where did Quarry’s story start?  For first time ever, the best-selling author of ROAD TO PERDITION takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins…

    About The First Quarry

    BIG MAN ON CAMPUS

    Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).

    But where did Quarry’s story start?  For first time ever, the best-selling author ofROAD TO PERDITION takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins…

    About The First Quarry

    BIG MAN ON CAMPUS

    Crime fiction readers know Quarry, the ruthless killer-for-hire, from Max Allan Collins’ acclaimed novels – most recently THE LAST QUARRY, which told the story of the assassin’s final assignment (and was the basis for the feature film The Last Lullaby).

    But where did Quarry’s story start?  For first time ever, the best-selling author of ROAD TO PERDITION takes us back to the beginning, revealing the never-before-told story of Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating a professor whose affair with one of his beautiful, young students is the least of his sins…

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    Product Details

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Noir Novels

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.95
    Published by Hard Case Crime
    Mar 29, 2011 | 208 Pages | 4-1/8 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780857683649

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Noir Novels

    Paperback | $17.99
    Published by Hard Case Crime
    Sep 09, 2025 | 224 Pages | 5-1/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781835411780

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Noir Novels

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Hard Case Crime
    Apr 20, 2011 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9780857686428

    Category: Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Titan Books
    Sep 09, 2025 | 208 Pages | ISBN 9781835414279

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    Praise

    Acclaim for THE LAST QUARRY


    “Violent and volatile and packed with sexuality…classic pulp fiction.”
    — USA Today


    “Collins’ witty, hard-boiled prose would make Raymond Chandler proud.”
    — Entertainment Weekly


    “As cool as an Eskimo Pie on a hot summer day and as sharp as a Ginsu knife.”
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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