![]() Even his father, a Brooklyn bartender, called them "crud." Spillane sold hundreds of millions of books during his lifetime and garnered consistently scathing reviews. Starting with "I, the Jury," in 1947, Mr. It was once tallied that he offed 58 people in six novels. His writing style was characterized by short words, lightning transitions, gruff sex and violent endings. ![]() His specialty was tight-fisted, sadistic revenge stories, often featuring his alcoholic gumshoe Mike Hammer and a cast of evildoers who launder money or spout the Communist Party line. ![]() ![]() Mickey Spillane, 88, who died July 17 in Murrells Inlet, S.C., was one of the world's most popular mystery writers. ![]()
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