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Published Sep 2005
272 pages
Genre: Mysteries
Publication Information
Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct
series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the
profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking
an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a
priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out
walking her dog--these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the
face....
'McBain just keeps getting better and better. This one will have
readers waking in the middle of the night wondering if they, too, have killers
inside themselves.' - Booklist.
'While McBain siphons off some suspense by making the reader privy to the
killer's actions, and his trademark dialogue isn't as crisp as usual, he still
delivers dependable entertainment.' - PW.
Comment: Published posthumously following McBain's recent death.
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Ed McBain held the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award, and received an Edgar Award nomination for his novel Money, Money, Money. In 1998, he was the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. His books have sold more than one hundred million copies, ranging from the more than fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series to the bestselling novels The Blackboard Jungle and Criminal Conversation, written under his own name, Evan Hunter. Writing as both Ed McBain and Evan Hunter, he broke new ground with Candyland, a novel in two parts. He is also the author of the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. He died in July 2005 from cancer. During his fifty-year career, Hunter (born Salvatore ...
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