Cop Hater (87th Precinct #1)
Cop Hater (87th Precinct #1)
Author: Ed McBain
Desc: THE HEROES OF THE CITY'S STREETS BECOME THE HUNTED -- IN THIS CRIME FICTION CLASSICED MCBAIN'S FIRST 87th PRECINCT NOVELSwift silent and deadly -- someone is knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest one by one. The how of the killings is obvious: three .45 shots from the dark add up to one two three very dead detectives. The why and the who are the Precinct's headaches now.When Detective Reardon is found dead motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is until a third detective buys it.With one meager clue Detective Steve Carella begins his grim search for the killer a search that takes him into the city's underworld to a notorious brothel to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow and finally to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head....