Detective Matt Cordell was happily married once, and gainfully employed, and sober. But that was before he caught his wife cheating, and took it out on the man with the butt end of a .45. Now Matt makes his home on the streets of New York. But trouble still knows how to find him...
From the internationally admired creator of the 87th Precinct series come these tales featuring policemen and their work and displaying Ed McBain's inimitable talents in shorter form.In this collection of short stories, bestselling author Ed McBain presents a varied and colorful cast of characters who run afoul of, then into, the arms of the law... a collector who loves his porcelain more than his daughter; a hooker who melts the heart of a tough cop; an ex-fighter who goes berserk at Christmas; an automobile dealer out for a funny business ride...Ed McBain's bestselling works put him in the very top rank of crime writers. In The McBain Brief, he more than justifies his reputation as a master storyteller.
He'd been a promising piano prodigy, once. Now he was just an addict, scraping to get by, letting his hunger for drugs consume him. But a man's life can always get worse - as Ray Stone discovers when he wakes up beside a beautiful nightclub singer only to find her dead... and 16 ounces of pure heroin missing.
Another 87th precinct novel from 'the undisputed master - and there's nobody who does it better' DAILY MIRROR
The brand new 87th Precinct Novel from the master himself - Ed McBain.
The first in a brand new series from the crime master himself, Ed McBain.
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