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Michael Collins (6) (1924–2005)

Author of Act of Fear

For other authors named Michael Collins, see the disambiguation page.

Michael Collins (6) has been aliased into William Arden.

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Works by Michael Collins

Works have been aliased into William Arden.

Act of Fear (1966) 64 copies
Freak (1983) 31 copies
The Planets of Death (1970) 26 copies
Castrato (1989) 25 copies
The Brass Rainbow (1969) 24 copies
Shadow of a Tiger (1972) 20 copies
Walk a Black Wind (1971) 20 copies
Lukan War (1969) 19 copies
Blue Death (1975) 19 copies, 1 review
Minnesota Strip (1987) 18 copies
The Night Runners (1978) 16 copies
The Silent Scream (1973) 16 copies
Night of the Toads (1980) 14 copies
The Slasher (1980) 11 copies
Fortune's World (2000) 11 copies
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Works have been aliased into William Arden.

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988) — Contributor — 182 copies, 4 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes (2000) — Contributor — 135 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits (2004) — Contributor — 130 copies, 3 reviews
Murder in Vegas (2005) — Contributor — 123 copies
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years (2004) — Contributor — 118 copies, 3 reviews
First Cases: First Appearances of Classic Private Eyes (1996) — Contributor — 70 copies, 3 reviews
Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation (1995) — Contributor — 39 copies
Most Wanted (2002) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
All but Impossible! An Anthology of Locked Room and Impossible Crime Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America (1981) — Contributor — 30 copies
Deadly Allies II (1994) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
101 Mystery Stories (1986) — Contributor — 26 copies
Partners in Crime (1994) — Contributor — 23 copies
An Eye for Justice (1988) — Contributor — 17 copies
The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (1984) — Contributor — 17 copies
First Cases 4: The Early Years of Famous Detectives (2002) — Contributor — 15 copies
Flesh & Blood: Dark Desires: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2002) — Contributor — 14 copies
Justice for Hire (1990) — Contributor — 13 copies
Crime Without Murder (1970) — Contributor — 7 copies
Flesh & Blood: Guilty as Sin: Erotic Tales of Crime and Passion (2003) — Contributor — 7 copies
Ellery Queen's Anthology : 1975 Spring-Summer, Volume 29 (1975) — Contributor — 5 copies
First Cases [Unabridged Audiobook] (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies
The Etruscan Bull | The Brass Rainbow | The Girl with Six Fingers (1969) 2 copies
Act of Fear | Corpse Candle | Blacklight (1967) 1 copy

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Blue Death (A Dan Fortune Detective Mystery) by Michael Collins
A novel from one of the classic noire detective series, generally overlooked today.
Jul 3, 2011
lulaa1,911 reviews
Blood Red Dream by Michael Collins
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Sep 16, 2008
PPLL2020108 reviews
Chasing eights by Michael Collins
Hired to track down Jack Price, a card shark forever in search of the one hand that will win him the jackpot, Dan Fortune enters a netherworld of small-time gamblers, wheeler-dealers, drug pushers, and murderers. Original.
Sep 1, 2020Spanish

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