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Michael Collins


Born
in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States
January 15, 1924

Died
August 19, 2005

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Michael Collins was a Pseudonym of Dennis Lynds (1924–2005), a renowned author of mystery fiction. Raised in New York City, he earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart during World War II, before returning to New York to become a magazine editor. He published his first book, a war novel called Combat Soldier, in 1962, before moving to California to write for television.

Two years later Collins published the Edgar Award–winning Act of Fear (1967), which introduced his best-known character: the one-armed private detective Dan Fortune. The Fortune series would last for more than a dozen novels, spanning three decades, and is credited with marking a more politically aware era in private-eye fiction. Besides the Fortune novels, the incredibly pro ...more

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Average rating: 3.75 · 812 ratings · 98 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors
Act of Fear (Dan Fortune, #1)
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3.64 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1967 — 31 editions
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3.84 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions
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The Brass Rainbow (Dan Fort...
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3.73 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1969 — 19 editions
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Walk a Black Wind (Dan Fort...
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Shadow of a Tiger (Dan Fort...
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Night of the Toads (Dan For...
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3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1971 — 17 editions
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The Slasher (Dan Fortune, #10)
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3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions
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The Silent Scream (Dan Fort...
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Blue Death (Dan Fortune, #7)
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3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1975 — 14 editions
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Freak (Dan Fortune, #11)
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Series by Michael Collins

Act of Fear The Brass Rainbow Night of the Toads Walk a Black Wind Shadow of a Tiger The Silent Scream Blue Death
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“With the rain stopped the small room was cold, the temperature falling toward December”
― Michael Collins, The Nightrunners
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“Twilight was a clear, cool, dying pink over the spring city,”
― Michael Collins, Night of the Toads
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“He turned the brown bottle around and around, but he said nothing.”
― Michael Collins, Minnesota Strip
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