Max Allan Collins

The Baby Blue Rip-Off - A Mallory Mystery Max Allan Collins

Vietnam vet Mallory has been everywhere and done everythingfrom hippie life to construction work, from covering a reporters beat to walking a copsbefore finally returning to small-town Iowa to try his hand at writing. In between crafting whodunits, he does his part for the community by ferrying hot meals to little old ladies. But then his worlds unexpectedly collide home invaders murder one of his clients and leave Mallory black-and-blue when he catches them red-handed. The elderly victim is the first fatality in an organized burglary spree sweeping the town, but Mallory fears she may not be the last. And despite the painful