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Here, as one hopes and expects, a body turns up within the opening pages. And also, as is often the case, Detective Steve Carella is there to spar with the medical examiner.
But there are other bodies and other police personnel in a story that takes the typical McBain route--no short cuts--that amounts to a crook's tour of the city he loves. With a cast of characters that ranges from socialites to hookers, The Last Dance takes in theater world chicanery, police brutality, and a pizza-joint massacre.
Ed McBain, also known as Evan Hunter, is the only American ever to have won the British Crimewriters Association's Diamond Dagger; he is a grand master of the Mystery Writers of America; his books have sold over a hundred million copies around the world; and he wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, the Matthew Hope series of mystery novels with fairy tale and nursery rhyme titles (Rumpelstiltskin, Goldilocks, etc.), as well as the classic The Blackboard Jungle.
Celebrating the publication of the 50th novel in a series that stays amazingly fresh and incredibly readable is no small thing. This much-loved and seminal writer is a national treasure. If you're a mystery reader, you've undoubtedly read Ed McBain. If you haven't read one for a while, try this one. It's so good it will immediately send you scurrying back for the ones you missed. --Otto Penzler
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct investigate the murder of a playwright, author of a major musical which was in pre-production. The motive turns out to lie in the politics of a musical opening. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Mylar protector included. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123624726
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Thus. Book is clean and tight. Ex lib with very minimal markings. Seller Inventory # T011
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Thus. Book is clean and tight. Ex lib with very minimal markings. Seller Inventory # WG4sh174