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Ed McBain is the only American winner of the coveted Diamond Dagger Award, and he is also a past recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award. So, when a reader picks up the latest installment of McBain's 87th Precinct series, the bar is set pretty high. But with The Big Bad City, McBain meets expectations.
In the opening pages, Steve Carella and Artie Brown return to the department with 9 basketball players (the 10th player was murdered) only to discover a knife fight erupting in a holding cell. It's a steamy August night, and Carella and Detective Parker end up having to shoot one of the fighters to cool things down. Then Meyer and Kling enter the scene; they're hot in pursuit of the Cookie Boy, a thief who leaves chocolate-chip cookies at every crime sight. Before the interminable day is done, Carella and Brown are called out to Grover Park to investigate a homicide. A nun has been strangled to death, but she's no ordinary Sister. She's got signs of a breast augmentation operation that hint at a sordid past. Finally, readers are privy to a conversation between Juju and Sonny. Sonny killed a cop's dad, and Juju is convinced that the police will bend the rules to see that Sonny winds up dead. Juju insists that the only way out of the death trap is to kill the cop first. The officer's name is Steve Carella. And all of this happens in the first 15 pages.
McBain is one of the artists of the police procedural. Though his city is fictional, it breathes with the darkness and gritty reality of many American cities. He enters the minds and hearts of his characters to uncover the daily insecurities that accompany the work of policemen. Readers new to the 87th Precinct will want to venture back to such tales as 1956's Cop Hater, 1964's Ax, and 1965's Doll, among the 47 installments in this series. Those who've been along for the ride will be happy they did not give up their seat. --Patrick O'Kelley -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Looks like more overtime for the detectives of the 87th Precinct. Only a few blocks from the station house, a nun lies strangled in a city parkand not just any nun, but one who shelled out $3,000 for breast augmentation only a few years ago. As St eve Carella and Artie Brown chase sister Mary Vincent's killer through the corridors of her past, another case blows up for Meyer Meyer and Bert Kling when the burglar the papers call The Cookie Boy (because he leaves a dozen home-baked chocolate-chip-coo kies at each crime scene as a thank-you) runs into a scene that ends in a double homicide. Meantime, Carella himself, all unaware, is being stalked by the street punk who killed the his father, beat the rap, and now worries that Carella will always be wat ching over his shoulder unless she pops a cap in him first. As you'd expect from a place as crime-ridden as the Eight-Seven, there's a little something for everybody. The case of the murdered nun turns into the sort of sober, expert, if not exactly dazzli ng investigation that McBain (Nocturne, 1997, etc.) could turn out in his sleep. The Cookie Boy caper, by contrast, sparkles like a Fourth of July skyrocket, then fizzles. And the plot against Carella will still have you sweating, though not really guessi ng, as you turn the last page. How spoiled has McBain gotten his fans? It's all too easy to forget that this mid-grade adventure for the 87th, his 48th, continues to set the gold standard for the genre he invented. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Asso ciates, LP. All rights reserved.
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"The Big Bad City" was the first Ed McBain novel I ever read, and now I am hooked. The plot that McBain spins leaves you at the edge of your seat wanting to find out who did it and why. This one had a slight different take, in that Steve Carella had to deal with the death of his father over again, with Sonny Cole out to get him, plus his sister Angela dating the man responsible for his acquittal. This was a good book to start with.
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Another wonderful installment in the 87th Precinct series. When you start reading an Ed McBain 87th novel, it is quickly clear that you are in the hands of an expert. Evan, never stop writing.....you are one of our most accomplished authors. If you've never read one of his 87th precinct books, start with this book (or with any of his others). You'll be contacting Amazon quickly to get all of the other titles.
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This is one of the very best of the 87th Precinct novels, and I've read over 30 of them. The dialogue is so superbly done that you'll easily see why reviewers say he has the best ear in the business. This novel also takes on themes besides murder, violence, the seamy side of life, etc. Chapter 3 explores areas that he usually saves for his "literary" novels, and it will remind you of his brilliant novel "Streets of Gold" in many ways. There's one blunder in the novel about the origin of a bottle of scotch. This is unfortunate as it creates a unintentional red herring that might confuse the reader. Aside from that, it's perfect. Superb read!
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Ed McBain is a masterful suspense writer
This book was the first book I read by Mr. McBain. And after Icompleted this novel, it was not my last. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. März 2000 von Tomitra Latimer
McBain does it again
McBain has come down from a higher league of writers and has deigned to give us another book. Flawless as usual. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Februar 2000 von Edward Onny
Confirmed excellence in the genre
All of Ed McBain/Evan Hunter's production is on my shelves. Not only is he a master in the development of plots and in the description of police operational methods, he also keeps... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Mcbain is fed up with the 87th precinct.
I was looking forward to Mcbain's latest. But what I thought could never happen, happened. Mcbain disappointed me.Where were the witty dialogues of former days? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Mulitple stories combine for a GREAT finish
I really enjoyed this book. Ed McBain has once again proven himself to be a master storyteller, with a taled of a murdered nun that makes the detectives research another murder... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Juni 1999 von cdrake@pointgrp.com
Another virtuoso performance.
As always, with McBain, we're in the hands of a master. Alas, I can certainly add no superlatives that haven't already been applied to this or any other of his many works. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
Good, fast-paced read.
This was a pretty good book in the series, I would put it in the top twenty of the series. The pace of the book was good, I read it in one day with no problem. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
A fun read
Throughout this book, I kept thinking, 'how does he keep coming up with such original plots!' The only disappointment was that my favorite character, Bert Kling, wasn't in it much. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. Mai 1999 von kmorical
Exciting plot, tremendous dialogue!
Ed McBain is truly a master. In this newest "87th Precinct" book, he tells a story that is both imaginative and realistic at the same time. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. April 1999 veröffentlicht
Cracking Plot, Wonderful Dialogue
The usual tight and ingenious plotting from Mr McBain who has actually allowed his main man Carella to approach 40. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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