The Last Dance (87th Precinct) [Paperback]

‘Ed McBain is a master.’ (Newsweek )

‘McBain is so good he ought to be arrested’ (Publishers Weekly )

‘When it comes to the voices of the city, McBain is the man with the golden ear.’ (New York Times Book Review )

‘A virtuoso.’ (Guardian )

‘One of the masters of crime fiction.’ (Sunday Telegraph )

‘One of the masters of crime fiction.’

‘A virtuoso.’

‘When it comes to the voices of the city, McBain is the man with the golden ear.’

‘Ed McBain is a master.’

‘McBain is so good he ought to be arrested'

‘One of the masters of crime fiction.'

‘A virtuoso.'

‘When it comes to the voices of the city, McBain is the man with the golden ear.'

‘Ed McBain is a master.'

Set in Isola, the city that both is and is not New York City, it features his world-reknowned squadroom of heroes and anti-heroes, joined together by a tough and often unrewarding job.
This time a man with no enemies is found hanging in what appears to be a suicide. But Carella and Brown soon discover that, drugged and unconscious, he could not possibly have hanged himself. They are dealing with murder. The investigation takes them into the politics and passions of a musical in preparation. Or rather two: one that happened half a century ago and one that is happening now . . .

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.