Ms. Tree (comic book)
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Ms. Tree is a comic book series named for its lead character, co-created by writer Max Allan Collins and artist Terry Beatty. Her name is a paronomasia, or play on words, of the term "Mystery". In add
Ms. Tree
Hard Case Crime
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Hard Case Crime is an American imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by Charles Ardai and Max Phillips. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavor of the paperback cr
Ms. Tree (comic book)
…fighting off criminals even while dealing with a full term pregnancy, while the mob family she hates moves to protect her in their own way. In 2007, Hard Case Crime published Deadly Beloved, the first novel about Ms. Tree and the character's first appearance in 14 years. The book was written by Max Allan Collins…
Hard Case Crime co-founder Charles Ardai at 2024 book signing for Gun Honey: Collision Course at Midtown Comics in Manhattan. The orange book beside him is an advance copy of a reprint edition of the Hard Case Crime novel Lemons Never Lie, which had previously gone out of print.