The Big Kill

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Summary: More of the same from Spillane
Review: Private Dick Mike Hammer is on the case of the murder of a safe cracker who left behind an orphan. Hammer shows his softer side by adopting the boy and is rewarded for this altruism in the end. In his search for the killer Hammer enlists the aid of a beautiful blonde, a beautiful brunette, kills several people, butts heads with the DA, beats up others and is in turn beaten up.
Hammer is a detective, who is very ruthless, stubborn, always sleeps well after sending someone to the mourgue, and unlike Phillip Marlowe, gets to sleep with all the girls..