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Per the Publishers Weekly blurb on its webpage, Mike Hammer: Murder Never Knocks is the ninth Mike Hammer book produced by Max Allan Collins' "posthumous collaboration with Spillane". And Collins is, of course, a pretty well known author in his own right, and again per the webpage, is also Spillane's literary executor. So you can make what you wish of all of that.

In any case, Murder Never Knocks is on sale for $0.99 in the US right now...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010JYXK4Y
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B010JYXK4Y
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mik...r-never-knocks

Spoiler:

Iconic tough-guy Mike Hammer is back—and this time, he’s knee deep in the glitz, gossip, and gore of Hollywood’s dark side—in this “taut, unrelenting thriller” full of “inherent suspense” (Pulp Fiction Reviews)

A failed attempt on his life by a contract killer gets Mike Hammer riled up. But it also lands him an unlikely job: security detail for a Hollywood producer having a party to honor his beautiful fiancée, a rising Broadway star. But it’s no walk in the park, as Hammer finds violence following him and his beautiful PI partner Velda into the swankiest of crime scenes.

In the meantime, Hammer is trying to figure out who put the hitman on him. Is there a connection with the death of a newsstand operator who took a bullet meant for him? A shadowy figure looking for the kill of his life?