Hard As Nails (Simmons, Dan) - Hardcover

Simmons, Dan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312305281 ISBN 13: 9780312305284

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2003

Synopsis

Investigating an abandoned amusement park where several dead bodies have been found, former private eye Joe Kurtz and his parole officer find themselves targeted by numerous adversaries, a situation that is complicated by an injury and a serial killer who is hunting down heroin addicts. 30,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Readers picking up a copy of "Hard as Nails," the latest in Simmons' Joe Kurtz series, can expect a whole lot of action and thrills...a hard-charging, pile-driving crime-thriller that bull-dogs its way to several climaxes...a potent entertainment for those who take their drinks without the little umbrellas." ""Denver Post"""

"There's hard-boiled detective fiction and then there are the Joe Kurtz thrillers from Dan Simmons. The Kurtz books make the majority of noir novels read like tea cozy mysteries...[The] Kurtz novels are some of the best thrillers you'll find." ""Rocky Mountain News"""

"PI Joe Kurtz is back in the wringer, and the versatile Simmons cranks it for all its worth...A nice, dark, all-purpose thriller with some of the appeal of Mike Hammer, Parker or Burke, and all the fun of Mac Bolan, Executioner." ""Booklist"""

"The suspense is irresistible." ""The Charlotte Observer"""

"Another great performance in [Simmons's] series featuring Joe Kurtz...lots of explosive action, including an exceptionally cinematic, pulse-pounding conclusion." ""State Journal"""

About the Author:

Since his first published short story won the Rod Serling Memorial Award in the 1982 Twilight Zone Magazine Short Fiction contest, Dan Simmons has won some of the top awards in science fiction, horror, fantasy, and thriller genres, as well as honors for his mainstream fiction. His books include the Joe Kurtz novels Hardcase and Hard Freeze as well as the new science fiction epic Ilium. He lives along the Front Range of Colorado, where he is currently at work on a new Joe Kurtz novel.

Since his first published short story won the Rod Serling Memorial Award in the 1982 Twilight Zone Magazine Short Fiction contest, Dan Simmons has won some of the top awards in science fiction, horror, fantasy, and thriller genres, as well as honors for his mainstream fiction. His books include the Joe Kurtz novels Hardcase and Hard Freeze as well as the new science fiction epic Ilium. He lives along the Front Range of Colorado, where he is currently at work on a new Joe Kurtz novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312305281
• ISBN 13: 9780312305284
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288