The Frumious Bandersnatch: A Novel Of The 87th Precinct - Softcover

McBain, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743476514 ISBN 13: 9780743476515

Publisher: Pocket Star, 2004

Synopsis

The kidnapping was audacious,

and there were plenty of witnesses...

But no one attending the dazzling launch party for up-and-coming pop idol Tamar Valparaiso knew what they were seeing when, halfway through her performance, masked men whisked the sexy young singer off a luxury yacht and into a waiting speedboat. Now, the evening that was supposed to send Tamar's debut album, Bandersnatch, skyrocketing with a million-dollar promotional campaign has instead kicked off a terrifying countdown for Steve Carella and the detectives of the 87th Precinct. Time is their enemy in the race to find Tamar's abductors -- before the rising star is extinguished forever.

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Review:

When the hottest hip-hop star nobody's ever heard of is kidnapped right in the middle of the launch party for her new video, the crime lands on the desk of 87th precinct cop Steve Carella and makes Tamar Valparaiso famous overnight. This might be the point--or not. In the capable hands of a master storyteller such as Ed McBain, who breathes new life and not a little wit into every one of his police procedurals, even a somewhat hackneyed plot is fresh and interesting. And even if the cultural references to Lewis Carroll don't intrigue you, the progress of Fat Ollie's new romance with a voluptuous cop likely will. --Jane Adams, Amazon.com

Review:

"Read McBain's new novel for evidence that crime and quality aren't mutually exclusive. The verbal badinage is sharp, clever and always true to life. Count the pros. There are a lot of them." (DAILY MIRROR, 16/01/04)

"Up-to-the-minute, witty and clever." (IRISH INDEPENDENT)

'McBain, like a great wine, only seems to improve with age... an engrossing plot that will take readers on a thrill ride. The name McBain guarantees a good read.' (THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE)

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Star
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0743476514
• ISBN 13: 9780743476515
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 350