The Last Dance: A Novel of the 87th Precinct - Hardcover

McBain, Ed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684855135 ISBN 13: 9780684855134

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2000

Synopsis

The fiftieth is pure gold: from the author "The New York Times" calls "the man with the golden ear" comes the fiftieth novel in the 87th Precinct series. In this city, you can get anything done for a price. If you want someone's eyeglasses smashed, it'll cost you a subway token. You want his fingernails pulled out? His legs broken? You want him more seriously injured? You want him hurt so he's an invalid his whole life? You want him skinned, you want him burned, you want him -- don't even mention it in a whisper -- killed? It can be done. Let me talk to someone. It can be done. The hanging death of a nondescript old man in a shabby little apartment in a meager section of the 87th Precinct was nothing much in this city, especially to detectives Carella and Meyer. But everyone has a story, and this old man's story stood to make some people a lot of money. His story takes Carella, Meyer, Brown, and Weeks on a search through Isola's seedy strip clubs and to the bright lights of the theater district. There they discover an upcoming musical with ties to a mysterious drug and a killer who stays until the last dance. "The Last Dance" is Ed McBain's fiftieth novel of the 87th Precinct and certainly one of his best. The series began in 1956 with "Cop Hater" and proves him to be the man who has been called "so good he should be arrested."

About this title

Review:

"Ed McBain is, by far, the be st at what he does. Case closed." -- "People"

Book Description:

The fiftieth novel in the 87th Precinct series is a gritty, witty tour-de force combining violence, fear and treachery with Ed McBain's inimitable leavening of laughter and selfless heroism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0684855135
• ISBN 13: 9780684855134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 269