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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100684855127

ISBN-139780684855127

eBay Product ID (ePID)405701

Product Key Features

Book TitleBig Bad City

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Thrillers / Suspense, General

Publication Year1999

GenreFiction

AuthorEd McBain

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight13.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-040890

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsOmaha WorkHerald (NE)[A] juicy mystery...McBain...lives up to his daunting reputation....The 87th Precinct is always an exciting place to visit., The Philadelphia Inquirer Vintage stuff. The dialogue is sharp, the plotting accomplished, and the prose bears the McBain stamp uncluttered, unpretentious, ironic., Boston Herald Classic McBain -- taut with trenchant dialogue....In The Big Bad City, McBain proves he can pack punches in both the physical and emotional arenas., Winston-Salem Journal (NC) You wouldn't want to live there, but you will enjoy visiting The Big Bad City.

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

SynopsisThe first thing you need to know about this city is that it is big. It is difficult to explain to someone who has never seen it. You can fold his town into a corner of one of the city's five separate sectors and still have room for more. The next thing you need to know is that it's dangerous. Never mind the reassuring bulletins from the mayor's office; just watch the first ten minutes of the eleven o'clock news and you'll learn exactly what the people of this city are capable of doing to other people in this city. So, if you came here thinking, Gee, there's going to be a neat little murder that takes place in a town house and some blue-haired lady will solve it, then you came to the wrong city at the wrong time of year. In this city, you have to pay attention. In this city, things are happening all the time, all over the place, and you don't have to be a detective to smell evil in the wind. This week's city tabloids depict the face of a pretty, dead girl who lay sprawled near a park bench not seven blocks from the 87th precinct house, while the late night news reports on the latest exploits of The Cookie Boy, a professional thief who leaves a box of chocolate chip cookies behind after a score. Behind the scenes, detectives Carella and Brown soon discover that this is not your average dead girl, but one with an unusual past. As they piece together her secrets, detectives Meyer and Kling search Isola's pawnshops for items stolen by The Cookie Boy. While the detectives are investigating their cases, one of them is being stalked by the man who killed his father. Like the city itself, this novel is wonderfully complex and filled with memorable characters, honest dialogue, and breathtaking violence.

LC Classification NumberPS3515.U585B54 1999