| Sadie When She Died Contributor(s): McBain, Ed (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477805729 ISBN-13: 9781477805725 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: 87th Precinct Mysteries (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Christmas is coming. But erudite attorney Gerry Fletcher got his present early: his wife's body with a knife buried in it. Though he shamelessly cops to being happy she's dead, his alibi is airtight and all signs point to a burglary gone bad. But even when detectives Steve Carella and Bert Kling follow the clues to a junky punk and get a full confession, Carella can't quit thinking there's something about the case that's as phony as a sidewalk Santa's beard. Maybe it's because the victim's husband wants to pal around with the suspicious cop on a cryptic pub-crawl through the urban jungle. Or maybe it's the dead woman's double identity and little black book full of secret lovers. Whether she was Sarah the shrewish wife or Sadie the sex-crazy swinger, there's more to her murder than just a bad case of "wrong place, wrong time." And Carella won't rest till his cuffs are on the killer. |
Contributor Bio(s): McBain, Ed: - Born in New York, Evan Hunter (1926-2005) wrote the screen play for Hitchcock's The Birds in 1963. He received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and is one of three American writers to be awarded the Diamond Dagger for a lifetime of achievement by the British Crime Writers Association. Under the name Ed McBain, he authored the sprawling 87th Precinct series -- the longest, most varied crime series in the world -- which includes fifty-five novels about a fictional team of policemen, and thirteen novels in the Matthew Hope series featuring an up-and-coming lawyer in the Florida Gulf Coast. Known for tackling controversial content with a thoughtful eye, he is the author of over eighty novels. |