Ed McBain’s last installment in the 87th Precinct series findsthe detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn’t fit theprofile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics salesrep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professortrudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in therectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog—these are theseemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serialkillers don’t use guns. Most serial killers don’t strike five timesin two weeks. And most serial killers’ prey share something morethan being over fifty years of age. Now it falls to Detective SteveCarella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what—orwhom—the victims had in common before another body is found.With trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, McBain unravels amystery and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hoursbefore the fiddlers have fled.
【作者简介】
Ed McBain (1926-2005) was born Salvatore Lambino in New York. Hechanged his name to Evan Hunter and under that name is known as theauthor of The Blackboard Jungle and as the writer of the screenplayfor Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The 87th Precinct series numbersover fifty novels. McBain was a Grand Master of the Mystery Writersof America and was one of three American writers to be awarded theCWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. --This text refers tothe Paperback edition.
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