King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery (Thorndike Press Large Print Famous Authors Series) - Hardcover

Book 10 of 52: 87th Precinct Mysteries

McBain, Ed

 
9780786291731: King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery (Thorndike Press Large Print Famous Authors Series)

Synopsis

After his chauffeur's son is kidnapped, Douglas King faces the dilemma of paying a ransom demand for a child who isn't his, which could ruin the biggest deal of his life, while the detectives of the 87th Precinct desperately search for the missing boy.

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Book Description

Half a million dollars - or a boy's life?
An 87th Precinct novel
'Unbeatable ... the finest police procedural series ever...' Independent On Sunday

About the Author

Ed McBain (1926-2005) was born Salvatore Lombino in New York. He changed his name to Evan Hunter and under that name is known as the author of The Blackboard Jungle and as the writer of the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The 87th Precinct series numbers over fifty novels. McBain was a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and was one of three American writers to be awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement.

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