The Big Bad City by Ed Mcbain
The Squadroom of the 87th Precinct is under even more pressure than usual... There s the escalating menace of The Cookie Boy, a burglar with a taste for chocolate chip cookies and violence. There s the murdered woman whose outstanding physical characteristic is her breast implants. Which doesn t surprise anyone in the big bad city, until they find out she s a nun. And Detective Steve Carella has his own little problem: the man who murdered his father is back in town and he s decided the best way to secure his freedom is to murder Carella too...
You are watching a virtuoso at work..McBain never puts a foot wrong - Guardian'McBain in brilliant, exemplary form. - Literary Review The upper echelons of thriller writing - Daily ExpressAlthough the 87th Precinct stories must be running towards the hundred...each new instalment seems as fresh as the last - Irish Times
Ed McBain is one of the most illustrious names in crime fiction. In 1998 he was the first non-British author to be awarded the Crime Writers Association/Cartier Diamond Dagger Award and he is also a holder of the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award. He has written more than eighty works of fiction, including the heralded 87th Precinct series and the acclaimed Matthew Hope series. His real name is Evan Hunter and he lives in Connecticut.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340729052 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340729058 |
| Title | The Big Bad City |
| Author | Ed Mcbain |
| Series | 87th Precinct S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1999-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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