Author(s): Ed McBain

Crime

A woman is murdered in a liquor store, hurtling the men from the 87th Precinct into an investigation of her secret lives and many possible enemies. The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century. Pete Hamill, Newsday McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet even those we thought we already knew. New York Times Book Review"