The Goliath Bone

In the midst of a Manhattan snowstorm Hammer halts the violent robbery of apair of college sweethearts who have stumbled onto a remarkable archaeologicalfind in... » 

In the midst of a Manhattan snowstorm Hammer halts the violent robbery of apair of college sweethearts who have stumbled onto a remarkable archaeologicalfind in the Valley of Elah the perfectly preserved femur of what may have beenthe biblical giant Goliath. Hammer postpones his marriage to his faithful girlFriday Velda to fight a foe deadlier than the mobsters and KGB agents of hispast Islamic terrorists and Israeli extremists bent upon recovering therelic for their own agendas. A week before his death Mickey Spillane entrustedhis nearly finished manuscript and extensive notes to his frequentcollaborator Max Allan Collins to complete.The result is a thriller asclassic as Spillanes own I the Jury and as compelling as Collinss Roadto Perdition. «