Red Rosa

Dan Fortune #13

by Michael Collins

Signed by author on title page -- Signature only - received in person. Book in Mylar cover in pristine condition, Back end paper has foldline. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. First edition, First Printing

254 pages, Hardcover

Published February 29, 1988

About the author

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 prolific Collins wrote science fiction, literary fiction, and several other mystery series. He died in Santa Barbara in 2005.

Reviews

[Tom Pepper · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite detective series--this is the case that pushes Dan to leave NY and head for CA. The CPUSA, allusions to the Rubin Carter case, and Dan's usual concerns for the plight of the downtrodden. Very 80s, in many ways, but still great reading.

[Doreen]

Brass

[Craig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started good but went downhill quick. Heavy handed and preachy-- the worst of it was that I'd heard that sermon before, many times. Didn't like it the first time.