Money, Money, Money

Well, this is one of the last in Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series, #51 of maybe 55? I won’t read anymore of these later ones, but check out a couple earlier ones one of you recommended in your review. As a socialist, I like the fact that almost all hard crime/noir has to do with money, so I like the......more

This book came out in September 2001, which is very interesting, considering it has a sub-plot about terrorists planning to bomb "Clarendon Hall" (i.e., Carnegie Hall). The rest of the plot is about cocaine and counterfeit hundred-dollar "super bills," and the publishing firm of Wadsworth and Dodds.......more

2.75 stars. IMHO, while this book had its moments, invariably revolving around Fat Ollie Weeks, who saves Steve Carella's life not once, but twice, the plot was very far fetched. The basic plot revolved around some seemingly unrelated murders and thefts, involved Mexican drug smuggling and counterfe......more

In one of those odd twists of fate, this book was first published on September 6, 2001, and one of the threads in the book involves a terrorist plot against a target in Isola, which is the author's thinly veiled stand-in for New York City. Five days later, McBain was out touring in support of the bo......more

Book on CD read by Ron McLarty This is book # 51 (!) in the 87th Precinct series of police procedurals, set in a fictious large city “back East,” and featuring the detectives of the 87th Precinct. In this novel seemingly unconnected murder victims are ultimately tied together in a conspiracy involvin......more