Lady Killer

First published in 1958, this is the eighth entry in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. By this point, the main characters were fairly well-established and needed no introduction, but the book itself is something of an oddity in the series in that most of the books have the detectives of the 87th wor......more

When a young boy walks into the 87th Precinct and hands the desk sergeant an envelope it starts a 12 hour search for a would-be killer. The contents of the letter are made up of cut out words and letters to form the message: "I will kill the Lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?" A few things......more

It's getting difficult to find new superlatives to write about this series and its author, Ed McBain, so I'm putting that aside. I am thoroughly enjoying my reading journey through this series. Enough said.......more

The work of an author that was finding it hard to come up with believable or surprising twists. The story was quite good, but things got less interesting towards the end. It would have been better if the murderer had really wanted to kill a woman.......more

A little boy turns up at the 87th Precinct with a cryptic letter from a killer. "I will kill the lady at 8 tonight. What can you do about it?" It could well be a hoax but can they take that risk? Although this one is a bit contrived it's still a lot of fun as the 87th spends 12 hours running about try......more