{"title":"Ed McBain","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fiddlers-paperback","title":"Fiddlers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog--these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial killers don't use guns. Most serial killers don't strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something more than being over fifty years of age. Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what-or whom-the victims had in common before another body is found. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, McBain unravels a mystery and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hours before the fiddlers have fled.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog--these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face with a Glock. But most serial killers don't use guns. Most serial killers don't strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something more than being over fifty years of age. Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find what the victims' had in common before another body is found. \u003cbr\u003eWith trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, McBain unravels a mystery and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hours before the fiddlers have fled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e[McBain] departs still at the top of his game and, like every great entertainer, leaving us both satisfied and hungry for more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Compelling . . . McBain takes the reader on a fast-paced ride into the life of a killer with revenge on his mind.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A fast and engrossing book . . . McBain is the true king of American dialogue.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Vintage 87th Precinct: the dialogue crisp, the pace swift, the humor wry, and every character even the minor ones superbly drawn.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Amazingly satisfying.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"McBain dissects police procedures with the precision of a brain surgeon.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author of more than one hundred books, Ed McBain (1926-2005) held the Mystery Writers of America s prestigious Grand Master Award and was the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association s highest award.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369179283679,"sku":"9780156032780","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3pSW3NtWrn9780156032780.webp?v=1789139293"},{"product_id":"the-best-american-mystery-stories-paperback","title":"The Best American Mystery Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its brief existence, THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES has established itself as a peerless suspense anthology. Compiled by the best-selling mystery novelist Ed McBain, this year's edition boasts nineteen outstanding tales by such masters as John Updike, Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, and Joyce Carol Oates as well as stories by rising stars such as Edgar Award winners Tom Franklin and Thomas H. Cook. The 1999 volume is a spectacular showcase for the high quality and broad diversity of the year's finest suspense, crime, and mystery writing. \"Keller's Last Refuge\" by Lawrence Block, \"Safe\" by Gary A. Braunbeck, \"Fatherhood\" by Thomas H. Cook, \"Wrong Time, Wrong Place\" by Jeffery Deaver, \"Netmail\" by Brendan DuBois, \"Redneck\" by Loren D. Estleman, \"And Maybe the Horse Will Learn to Sing\" by Gregory Fallis, \"Poachers\" by Tom Franklin, \"Hitting Rufus\" by Victor Gischler, \"Out There in the Darkness\" by Ed Gorman, \"Survival\" by Joseph Hansen, \"A Death on the Ho Chi Minh Trail\" by David K. Harford, \"An Innocent Bystander\" by Gary Krist, \"The Jailhouse Lawyer\" by Phillip M. 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Their only hope is that he will play ball--at least long enough for them to catch the perps before the kidnapping turns into a homicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd McBain delivers another rapid-fire nail-biter in his 87th Precinct series with \u003ci\u003eKing's Ransom\u003c\/i\u003e, a morally complex weaving of friendship, personal responsibility, and the nature of man hailed by the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e \"McBain spins the tightest tale in town...there's nobody who does it better.\" \u003ci\u003eKing's Ransom\u003c\/i\u003e was made into the major motion picture \u003ci\u003eHigh and Low\u003c\/i\u003e by acclaimed director Akira Kurasawa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374194786527,"sku":"9781612181714","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/g1a0l_EHGL9781612181714.webp?v=1789175480"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ed-mcbain.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}