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'Delivers the goods: dialogue that breathes, characters with heart and characters who eat those hearts, and glints of unforgiving humour... McBain owns his turf' NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW
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Her name is death - and her name is Virginia Dodge. Virginia Dodge is determined to put a bullet through Steve Carella's brain, and she doesn't care if she has to kill all the boys in the 87th Precinct in the process. Armed with a gun and a bottle of nitro-glycerine she spends an afternoon terrorising Lieutenant Byrnes and his men with her clever little home-made bomb. Is there anything the boys at the 87th can do to save Carella or will this crazy woman achieve her goal ...? In one of the most dazzling novellas of the Precinct, Ed McBain exposes the dangerous loyalties that keep the boys of the 87th together, and threaten to tear them apart at the same time.
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I read the 87th Precinct novels avidly as a teenager, but never this one - and it's a cracker! The tension is ramped up to torturous levels as an unexpected assassin awaits Steve Carella in the squad-room. Meanwhile, our hero is busy investigating an inexplicable suicide, and musing on impending fatherhood. All our favourite bulls are involved - Cotton Hawes with his white-streaked fiery hair, youthful Bert Kling, bald joker Meyer Meyer, and long-suffering Artie Brown, whilst McBain's prose is fast-paced, personal, and at times electric. Great stuff.
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Carella investigates a 'locked room' murder involving a wealthy family, not realising that back at the 87th Precinct a young woman is holding his colleagues hostage. What she wants is Carella - dead.
One of the best 87th Precinct novels yet. The murder mystery strand may not be very satisfying (though the solution is memorable) but McBain gets a lot of mileage out of the hostage scenario, seemingly working through every possible escape plan the cops could come up with. Fast paced read, some decent tension and an ending which could have played down the threat but, thankfully, doesn't. Great read.
One of the best 87th Precinct novels yet. The murder mystery strand may not be very satisfying (though the solution is memorable) but McBain gets a lot of mileage out of the hostage scenario, seemingly working through every possible escape plan the cops could come up with. Fast paced read, some decent tension and an ending which could have played down the threat but, thankfully, doesn't. Great read.
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Not the SUPER-Mcbain you find now in the stores.
More a 'moyen age' Mcbain.
Still good buth no cigar.Cigarillo in 1965...
Good for new readers to get acquainted and see the evolution.
Do also compare with McBain's Evan Hunter books and audio's ,then and now.
More a 'moyen age' Mcbain.
Still good buth no cigar.Cigarillo in 1965...
Good for new readers to get acquainted and see the evolution.
Do also compare with McBain's Evan Hunter books and audio's ,then and now.
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