Her former lovers are dying one by one, and beautiful Marilyn Hollis is a top suspect. Smitten Detective Willis tries to believe in her innocence, until he begins to have his doubts. The 87th Precinct is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.? ? Pete Hamill, Newsday Mc[...]
The murder of a young mistress in a penthouse apartment has Detectives Carella and Brown investigating a family with many motives?even as an unrelated murder impacts Carella personally. McBain has the ability to make every character believable ? which few writers these days can do.? ? Associated Pre[...]
With crooks to cuff and pimps to put behind bars, detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct simply don t have the time or patience to deal with a prank caller even if he has phoned murder threats to two dozen local shop owners. What they fail to realize, however, is they aren t dealing with [...]
A bitterly cold night offers up a body turned blue not frozen, but swinging from a rope in a dank basement. The dead teen seems like a clear case of suicide, but Detective Steve Carella and Lieutenant Peter Byrnes find a few facts out of place, and an autopsy confirms their suspicions. The boy hadn [...]