"Collins has wrapped up his 'Frank Nitti trilogy' in fine style...the book is rich in
local color, period flavor and action. It is also populated with actual characters, including Eliot
Ness and boxer Barney Ross....the slam-bang action is nicely fleshed out with believable
characterizations."--Publishers Weekly

"Collins has produced a pair of gripping and resonant novels. The Million Dollar Wound is
his best yet."--Detroit News

"Recommended...Nathan Heller is the perfect private eye, in the right place, at the right time...."
--New York Daily News

From a foxhole on Guadalcanal, shared with former champ Barney Ross, to the glitzy underworld
of Hollywood in the '40s, Nate Heller fights his memories and "the outfit." Something happened at
the Canal, something Heller's blocking out. What he can't block, though, is the wound he received--the million-dollar wound, the one that got him home. Back in the States, and back in Chicago, he becomes involved once again with Frank Nitti during the gang boss's last violent days and with the gangland attempts to take over the movie unions. The home front is every bit as violent as the war-torn Pacific, and even the solace of fan-dancer Sally Rand can do nothing to ease Heller, who is haunted by the death of a friend in Guadalcanal and surrounded by the mayhem of gangland murders.