β Scribed by McBain, Ed
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SUMMARY: Ed McBainβs last installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesnβt 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 dogβthese are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial killers donβt use guns. Most serial killers donβt strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killersβ 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 whatβor whomβthe 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.
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SUMMARY: Most serial killers don't shoot their victims twice in the face with a Glock. Most serials killers don't strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something more in common than just being over fifty years of age. But this is a serial killer who doesn't fit the prof
SUMMARY: Most serial killers don't shoot their victims twice in the face with a Glock. Most serials killers don't strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something more in common than just being over fifty years of age. But this is a serial killer who doesn't fit the prof
### From Publishers Weekly MWA Grand Master McBain's 55th 87th Precinct police procedural suffers by comparison with 2004's _Hark!_ as well as other top books in this iconic series, but still has plenty of good moments. A killer living the high life is exacting the last full measure of revenge. As