by Michael D. Fuller and Graham Gordy based loosely on the book series, the project centers on a Marine marksman who, upon returning home from Vietnam in 1972, finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. The disillusioned vet is quickly recruited into a network of contract killers and corruption spanning the Mississippi River. The show was cancelled in May 2017. Nolan series This series features a professional thief, similar to and apparently inspired by Richard Stark's "Parker" character, who operates in the Midwest. Bait Money (1981) Blood Money (1981) Fly Paper (1981) Hush Money (1981) Hard Cash (1981) Scratch Fever (1982) Spree (1987) Mourn the Living (1999) Collins's first written novel, but not published until 1999) Two for the Money (omnibus reprint of the first two books Bait Money and Blood Money) (2004) Skim Deep (2020) Double Down (omnibus reprint of the third and fourth books Fly Paper and Hush Money) (2021) Tough Tender (omnibus reprint of the fifth and sixth books Hard Cash and Scratch Fever) (2022) Mad Money (omnibus reprint of the seventh and eighth books Spree and Mourn the Living) (2023) Mallory series The Mallory series is about a mystery writer in Iowa who solves crimes. The Baby Blue Rip-Off (1983) No Cure for Death (1983) Kill Your Darlings (1984) A Shroud for Aquarius (1985) Nice Weekend for a Murder (1986) Nathan Heller series Collins' longest running series and arguably his best known work is his Nathan Heller series. Heller is a Chicago private investigator who gets involved in famous crimes and meets famous people of the 1930s and 1940s, including Orson Welles, Frank Nitti, and Sally Rand. The first novel in this historical fiction series, True Detective, won the 1984 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Hardcover from the Private Eye Writers of America. Collins won his second Shamus in 1992 for the Heller novel Stolen Away, an account of the Lindbergh kidnapping. His 1999 novel Flying Blind sees Heller investigate the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, along the way becoming romantically involved with her. With the release of Chicago Confidential, Collins moved the action into the 1950s. Target Lancer, about an alleged attempt to assassinate John F. Kennedy in Chicago just weeks before the actual assassination in Dallas, was published in November 2012. True Detective (November 1983) True Crime (December 1984) The Million-Dollar Wound (February 1986) Neon Mirage (February 1988) Stolen Away