True Noir
- Author Max Allan Collins
- Publisher Skyboat Media
- Publish Date 17 February 2026
- Run Time 4 hours and 27 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction.
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What to expect
In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.
From the legendary author of Road to Perdition comes another riveting “movie,” this one for the ears. With a truly stellar, unrivaled cast, an impressive musical score and stunning sound design, True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak brings the award-winning Max Allan Collins novel True Detective.— and the author’s celebrated detective hero Nathan Heller – to vivid, unforgettable life.
Critics Review
“If you’re a fan of classic audio dramas, True Noir is a great one. It’s well-written and directed, features an exceptional voice cast (and) gritty action, moody soundscapes, and unexpected twists. Listening to these episodes recalls the joys of audio dramas past—the original BBC Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio series from 1978, the Star Wars radio plays of the early 1980s, (and) Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion)…True Noir is entertaining as hell.”
“A spellbinding sonic re-imagining of the first installment in Max Allan Collins’s most celebrated series, the Nathan Heller casebooks.”
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