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Assassination gone wrong? Things get wild in Miami.
Max Allan Collins explains why he takes Nate Heller in a direction so often avoided by other noir detectives – into the arms (and bedroom) of a virgin paramour.
Chapter 5: Tower Town and Magic City
Heller waits in the Dill Pickle Club to meet his new client, Mary Ann Beame – she’s a girl with a fist full of cash, a mysterious past, and plenty of dark secrets to share with the right guy.
Things get a little “spicy” when Nate goes to Tower Town.
Max Allan Collins explains why he takes Nate Heller in a direction so often avoided by other noir detectives – into the arms (and bedroom) of a virgin paramour.
Max takes a deep dive into TRUE NOIR’s 4th chapter.
Jan 15, 2025
Max Allan Collins explains why Nathan Heller is different from other older, more traditional noir detectives.
Zinos-Amaro: TRUE NOIR is “spellbinding”
Jan 15, 2025
Author and critic Alvaro Zinos-Amaro calls TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak “a spellbinding sonic re-imagining of the first installment in Max Allan Collins’s most celebrated series, the Nathan Heller casebooks.”
“TRUE NOIR an enjoyable listening experience.”
Jan 11, 2025
Bill Hunt, from the DIGITAL BITS website provides a detailed review of the sound design behind TRUE NOIR’s “fully immersive” audio experience and explains what sets this production apart from traditional, old-timey radio plays.
Heller’s holidays aren’t so great in TRUE NOIR’s third chapter.
Jan 10, 2025
Max Allan Collins explains why Nathan Heller is different from other older, more traditional noir detectives.
Max talks about the history behind “Visiting Hours”
Jan 10, 2025
Max Allan Collins explains why Nathan Heller is different from other older, more traditional noir detectives.
Take a closer look at the history behind “The Nitti Raid”
Jan 10, 2025
Join author Max Allan Collins as he takes a closer look at the attempted murder of mob boss Frank Nitti by the Chicago police and mayor Anton Cermak.
Chapter 4: Two New Clients
Jan 10, 2025
The day after Christmas, Heller takes a sleeper car to Atlanta on the Dixie Flyer, riding into a job that will put him at odds with the most powerful men in Chicago.
Taylor Gonzales takes on TRUE NOIR
Jan 2, 2025
Taylor Gonzales, from the FIFTY SHADES OF TAY podcast reviews Act One of TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak and provides his unique take on what it was like listening to his first “immersive audio drama.”
Chapter 3: Merry Christmas, Mr. Heller
Dec 20, 2024
Newly-minted private detective, Nathan Heller, runs three minutes late for his lunch with his uncle Louis and a distinguished guest, only to find out it’s just the first in a series of events with razor-thin margins of error. Is Heller up to the challenge?
Chapter 2: Visiting Hours
Dec 20, 2024
Heller, asleep in his one-room apartment at the Hotel Adams in Chicago, is rousted awake by an uninvited – and unwelcome – visitor. Who knew this would be the first in a series of unplanned meetings?
Chapter 1: The Nitti Raid
Dec 20, 2024
On a cold December day in 1932, and Chicago Police Detective Nathan Heller takes a ride that will change his career path, and his life, forever.
Order 42 orders more TRUE NOIR
Dec 16, 2024
The Order 42 podcast reviews Act One of TRUE NOIR and says that in addition to more than two dozen voice actors, the original music is also one of the stars of the show.