Fiddlers - (87th Precinct Mysteries (Paperback)) by Ed McBain (Paperback)

About the Book

The latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. It falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues to find out what or whom the victims had in common before another body is found.

Book Synopsis

Ed McBain's last 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. 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.

From the Back Cover

"[McBain] departs still at the top of his game and, like every great entertainer, leaving us both satisfied and hungry for more."
San Diego Tribune

"Compelling . . . McBain takes the reader on a fast-paced ride into the life of a killer with revenge on his mind."
Richmond Times-Dispatch

"A fast and engrossing book . . . McBain is the true king of American dialogue."
The Atlantic Monthly

"Vintage 87th Precinct: the dialogue crisp, the pace swift, the humor wry, and every character even the minor ones superbly drawn."
Associated Press

"Amazingly satisfying."
St. Petersburg Times

"McBain dissects police procedures with the precision of a brain surgeon."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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."

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE 87TH PRECINCT SERIES

"Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no reruns, and you have some sense of McBain's grand, ongoing accomplishment."--Entertainment Weekly

"As impressive a body of work as exists in [McBain's] chosen genre, the police procedural."--The Washington Post
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