Floridaadvokaten Matthew Hope kan inte låta bli att engageras av den unga Jill Lawson. Hon vill att Hope ska leta reda på hennes man Jack som varit försvunnen i några månader. Hopes sökande efter ledtrådar för honom till New York där också Steve Carella från 87:e distriktet dras in i fallet. Genombrottet kommer när en man hittas mördad, skjuten på nära håll i ansiktet med ett hagelgevär, med Jack Lawsons identitetshandlingar i fickorna. Snart uppdagas det att mannen i själva verket är Ernest Corrington, en smågangster som Jack träffat uppe i New York. Vem är egentligen offer, och vem är gärningsman?
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Ed McBain
Ed McBain, a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award, was also the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. His books have sold more than one hundred million copies, ranging from the more than fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series (including the Edgar Award–nominated Money, Money, Money) to the bestselling novels written under his own name, Evan Hunter—including The Blackboard Jungle (now in a fiftieth anniversary edition from Pocket Books) and Criminal Conversation. Fiddlers, his final 87th Precinct novel, was recently published in hardcover. Writing as both Ed McBain and Evan Hunter, he broke new ground with Candyland, a novel in two parts. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. He died in 2005. Visit EdMcBain.com.
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