Like Love by Ed Mcbain

Like Love by Ed Mcbain

There's a lot going on in the 87th Precinct this spring, and none of it is good. Jumpers on building ledges, a salesman torn apart by an explosion, and to cap it all off, they find the dead, half-naked bodies of Irene Thayer and Tommy Barlow in bed together. It has all the earmarks of a double suicide: a note, empty liquor bottles, closed windows, and the gas on the stove turned up. At least this one's open and shut. Or is it?

Something doesn't sit right with the detectives at the 87th Precinct, so Steve Carella and his partner Cotton Hawes decide to give the case a once-over. Routine checks can turn up interesting facts. Like Irene's mother, who has an insurance policy on her daughter. Or Irene's grieving, cuckold husband who's riding the ragged edge. Even Tommy's brother. Problem is, in order to find a killer, you have to prove there was a murder...

A complex, captivating thriller that probes the deep recesses of the human heart, Like Love is a bittersweet addition to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series and a rare look inside the softer side of hardened detectives.

McBain, Ed: - Ed McBain was a pen name of the successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter. Born in New York, McBain served aboard a destroyer in the US Navy during World War II. After earning a degree from Hunter College and briefly teaching high school, he worked for a New York literary agency; his clients included Arthur C. Clarke and P.G. Wodehouse. In 1954, his novel The Blackboard Jungle was published under his legal name, Evan Hunter. His 87th Precinct series is one of the longest running crime series ever published. McBain was also a screenwriter; he adapted a short story into Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and wrote for Columbo as well as the NBC series based on his books, 87th Precinct. The Mystery Writers of America gave him the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1986, and he was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. He passed away in 2005, but his writing remains popular to this day.

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ISBN 13	9781612181769
ISBN 10	1612181767
Title	Like Love
Author	Ed Mcbain
Series	87th Precinct Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Thomas And Mercer
Year published	1605-01-01
Number of pages	214
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.