Killer's Wedge
A woman holds the entire 87th Precinct hostage with a homemade bomb and loaded handgun, but her only real target is none other than Detective Steve Carella.“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review“The 87th...
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A woman holds the entire 87th Precinct hostage with a homemade bomb and loaded handgun, but her only real target is none other than Detective Steve Carella.“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review“The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” —Pete Hamill, Newsday
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780140021493 (0140021493)
Publish date: 1979
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pages no: 141
Edition language: English
2 stories in one! Steve Carella must solve a locked room suicide/murder mystery of tycoon Scott. At the same time, one of Steve's collars grieving widow/girlfriend is holding the 87th Precinct hostage. This wasn't my favorite of the series so far but it's still a good read.