--- product_id: 128546949 title: "Quarry Kindle Edition" brand: "max allan collins" price: "16101CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/128546949-quarry-kindle-edition store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Quarry Kindle Edition **Brand:** max allan collins **Price:** 16101CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Quarry Kindle Edition by max allan collins - **How much does it cost?** 16101CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/128546949-quarry-kindle-edition) ## Best For - max allan collins enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted max allan collins brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Quarry Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/517iUwsQzSL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Hardboiled Novel *by W***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2023* Max Allan Collins first novel in the Quarry series is a quick read and a decent work of hardboiled pulp fiction. The story centers around Quarry, an ex-military man turned hitman, and his attempt to figure out what happened when an assignment goes wrong. While not close to the masters of the genre like Chandler or Hammett, Collins’ novel is good for what it is and is an enjoyable read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars The Original Quarry *by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2014* Collins is one of the most prolific authors of the last several decades. He has written dozens of books, including his Nathan Heller series, his Mallory series, and his Quarry series. He is also well-known for taking over writing the Dick Tracy comic strip, his Road to Perdition series which resulted in a well-received movie starring Paul Newman, and for completing a number of Mickey Spillane's books, including several great Mike Hammer books.The Quarry series, which began with Quarry in 1976, includes Quarry's List, Quarry's Deal, Quarry's Cut, Quarry's Vote, Quarry's Greatest Hits, The Last Quarry, The First Quarry, Quarry In The Middle, Quarry's Ex, and Wrong Quarry.Quarry is a former Vietnam veteran whose real name is never disclosed to the reader. He comes back, finds his fiancé, Joanie, in bed with another guy, finds that guy working under his car and kicks the jack out, survives a murder trial, and is then recruited by a mysterious figure named the Broker to carry out hits.Collins published his first three Quarry novels in 1976, his fourth in 1977, and then his fifth in 1987. Nineteen years later (except for a collection of shorts released as "Greatest Hits"), he published The Last Quarry at the urging of Charles Ardai, publisher of Hard Case Crime. This began a new series of Quarry novels, including First Quarry, Quarry in the Middle, Quarry's Ex, and Wrong Quarry.I have read about two dozen of Collin's books, including half a dozen in the Quarry series, and have never found any of his books disappointing. You can start the Quarry series with any of the books that you find available. You don't need to start with the first one, but some people have the attitude that they start at the beginning and go from there.Collins originally wrote this book while still at a Writer's Workshop at the University of Iowa. He explains in an afterword to Quarry that he set out to prove that crime fiction could be written using a Midwestern setting rather than the more cosmopolitan cities of New York or Chicago or Los Angeles.Here, Quarry (there's only one name like Cher or Madonna) is sent out on a job that has been scouted out by his partner. There are things about this job that don't ring right for Quarry. His partner is way too comfortable in the apartment and someone is lying in wait for Quarry when he does the hit. This means a confrontation with the Broker, Quarry's employer, who wants Quarry out of town after the hit.But, Quarry sticks around Port City to find out who tried to carry out a hit on him and his partner. This includes working with a former Bunny who runs the local club ("Bunny's") to get introductions to the family of the target. He first meets Bunny in her club, not knowing who she was or the inside joke about the name of the club. "She had a worldliness about her; a subtle hardness in the unlined face that let you know she was older than she at first appeared, that she was a broad over thirty stuck with a lovely but incongruous sixteen-year-old Lolita of a face."All in all, another great Quarry story that I started and finished all in the same day. Somehow all the Quarry stories include Quarry swimming in the pool at a motel and a woman in a black bikini introducing herself as he comes up out of the water.For those of you who have read other Quarry stories, the plot line might be familiar, but it is so well-written and engrossing that it doesn't matter.Highly recommended. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars Initiating the Series *by R***Z on Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2015* This is very early Max Allan Collins; the work dates from his time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where he began the novel in 1971. This Hard Case Crime edition of the first Quarry novel is must reading for all fans of the series. The writing is not yet fully mature, but the plot is clever, the characters engaging and the setting fully realized. Collins is on a sure footing with the latter, since ‘Port City’, the fictional location of the story, is MAC’s longtime home, Muscatine, Iowa, a fact revealed in the ‘Afterword’ which accompanies the novel.Quarry (his professional name) has returned from Vietnam to discover his fiancé’s infidelity. After dispatching her lover he is recruited by an individual called The Broker (the original title of the novel). Quarry becomes a professional hit man but discovers the complications that can result from this role on this case. Hit men work in pairs. In this story, Quarry’s partner Boyd plays the advance man, whose job it is to discover the target’s patterns of movement. When Quarry eventually goes in for the hit he discovers (SPOILER) that Boyd is killed while Quarry is at work. When Quarry returns to find Boyd dead he also finds himself at the business end of a very large wrench, which Boyd’s killer is now using on Quarry’s upper body.Quarry then has three issues to solve: a) who would have wanted the nebbish target dead; the hit made no sense; b) who is the wrench wielder; and c) will Quarry sustain his relationship with the former Playboy bunny he meets in Port City? A further complication which gnaws at him is the fact that the Broker has recently entangled Quarry in a drug theft, something that was never part of the original deal. The Broker does not want Quarry to hang around Port City after the job has been done, even if his curiosity is piqued and his loyalty to Boyd cries out for vengeance. Needless to say, the Broker will have to let this case run its course, but to what end?All of these issues are nicely sorted in the debut Quarry novel. I look forward to the other reprints from Hard Case Crime. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/128546949-quarry-kindle-edition](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/128546949-quarry-kindle-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-04-30*