Kill Your Darlings - Mallory, Bk 3 Author:Max Allan Collins Roscoe Kane is one of the last -- and, in Mallory’s opinion, best -- of the old-school mystery writers. Back in the day, he turned out crime thrillers filled with babes, bullets, and tough-guy banter. But today Kane is filled with bitterness over the nosedive his career took after he sued a publisher. For Mallory, who learned his craft at ... more »Kane’s knee, it’s tough watching his literary hero drown his sorrows in booze -- but it’s a million times tougher finding the old master drowned in a hotel bathtub.« less