King of the Weeds Audiobook By Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins cover art

King of the Weeds

Mike Hammer, Book 19

Preview
Try for $0.00
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

King of the Weeds

By: Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins
Narrated by: Stacy Keach
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $17.16

Buy for $17.16

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

In what Mickey Spillane had planned to be the final Mike Hammer novel, Hammer finds himself up against a clever serial killer targeting only cops.

A killer Mike Hammer's old friend Captain Pat Chambers had put away many years ago is suddenly freed on new, seemingly indisputable evidence, and Hammer wonders if this outwardly placid, very odd old man might somehow be engineering cop killings that all seem to be either accidental or by natural causes. At the same time, Hammer and Velda are dealing with the fallout - some of it mob, some of it federal government - over the $89billion cache the detective is (rightly) suspected of finding not long ago.

©2014 Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (P)2014 Blackstone Audio
Crime Thrillers Hard-Boiled Mystery Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction
adbl_web_global_use_to_activate_T1_webcro805_stickypopup
All stars
Most relevant  
What can I say! When you’re the king of the mystery genre, every game is a reigning triumph. King of the Weeds is perfectly crafted, perfectly narrated, and entirely entertaining.

Perfect

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Stacy Keach made it believable .The writing was excellent and as expected for MS.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

YES, MS IS A GREAT WRITTER,NO DOUBT

Which scene was your favorite?

MS gives descriptions and character dialog that's not common or seen anymore in todays modern writing and it's fantastic.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Mickey Spillane does Mike Hammer x 89 billion +

Any additional comments?

This is the way real detective investigations actually work ,or at least how they did or should have. Mike Hammer is a classic and nobody does it better.

Excellent,as expected

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I was going to deduct stars since this entry lacks some of the wit and sizzle of Spillane's other entries, but that ending sure made up for it.

Starts and ends with a Bang

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I like that it’s a classic noir. I love Stacy k voice, the plot was good. A mentally ill man taking control of of the mob from prison

An old private detective outsmarting the mob

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

As always, excellent, the story line, the reader, his voice, and the private eye suspense!

Highly recommend

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Great story and talented reading. Definitely worth the time. This is one I will listen to again sometime! ;)

King of the weeds

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

a good sequel to the previous story, will have to read them in chronological order.

excellent Keach as always

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This “final” Mike Hammer novel was completed from a Spillane draft by Max Allan Collins. It combines several interweaving plots, an unsuccessful hit on Mike Hammer, a spate of random cop killings, a confession that redeems the bowery bum killer after 40 years and missing mob money. This is one of the more intricately plotted Hammer books. It comes together very well in a classic manner that is still not predictable. Fast paced, a good mystery and some nice surprises. Overall one of the best. Narration by Stacy Keach is excellent.

A great mystery, Spillane's best yet

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.