The Goliath Bone

The Goliath Bone
First edition cover
AuthorMickey Spillane with Max Allan Collins
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
October 13, 2008
ISBN978-0-15-101454-5

The Goliath Bone is the 14th entry in the Mike Hammer series by American crime novelist Mickey Spillane, first published on October 13, 2008.[1][2][3] Spillane died in 2006, so the novel completed by Max Allan Collins. The Goliath Bone is one of three almost-finished Mike Hammer novels that Spillane entrusted Collins to finish before his death in 2006.

Plot

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Hammer is forced to put off retirement and his marriage to his longtime love and secretary, Velda, after he falls into the middle of an international crisis. Hammer saves a couple of archaeologists from unknown muggers in New York, who turn out to be Al Qaeda agents who believe they possess a thigh bone of the Biblical character Goliath. Hammer now finds himself going against Islamic terrorists, including a 7-foot agent code named "Goliath".

In the novel, Mike Hammer marries Velda Sterling at City Hall.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Goliath Bone". Kirkus Reviews. August 15, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ "The Goliath Bone". Booklist. September 1, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Goliath Bone by Mickey Spillane". Publishers Weekly. August 25, 2008. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. ^ Spillane, Mickey (2008). The Goliath Bone. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando Florida 32887-6777: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-15-101454-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)