Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct, 6) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477805710 ISBN 13: 9781477805718

Synopsis

It s like an old-time gangster movie: a speeding car, a blazing gun and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders. But who pulled the high-powered trigger that turned Sy Kramer from a blackmailer into a chalk outline? Was it the politician s wife with a pornographic past? The soda-pop tycoon desperate to keep a business-busting bungle bottled up? Or was it whoever was paying Kramer a small fortune to hide what must ve been one very big bad? It falls to detectives Steve Carella and Cotton Hawes of the 87th Precinct to pound the pavement of the city and beat the bushes of the backwoods for the suspect with the best motive, the most blistering weapon, and the biggest set of brass ones. En route, they ll meet pretty ladies and petty lowlifes, great white hunters and gray flannel ad execs, and, when the going gets rough, maybe even their match. It s all in several long days and even longer nights work for the guys who make their living behind the badge, and under the gun."

About this title

Review:

"The snap and crackle of McBain's dialogue is unforgettable. A master" —James Naughtie, The Times

About the Author:

Ed McBain was one of the pen names of successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter (1926–2005). Debuting in 1956, the popular 87th Precinct series is one of the longest running crime series ever published, featuring more than 50 novels, and is hailed as "one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century." McBain was awarded the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America and was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain.

About this edition

• Publication date: 1659
• ISBN 10: 1477805710
• ISBN 13: 9781477805718
• Binding: Paperback