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Detectives Brown and Carella answer a call to a double homicide. One guy broke in and another defended himself and now they both are dead. The case seems open and shut. Except for one piece of evidence: a torn picture in one of the dead men's hands. When insurance investigator... Read Full Overview

From McBain's classic files of the fictional 87th Precinct comes this tale of a game the cops are forced to play with a demented killer who delivers clues to his puzzle via dead bodies. Detective Arthur Brown discovers that a snapshot found in a dead man's hand is a piece of... Read Full Overview

A piece of a torn picture in the hand of a dead man puts the detectives of the 87th Precinct on the trail of $750,000 missing from a six-year-old bank heist. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense... Read Full Overview

A piece of a torn picture in the hand of a dead man puts the detectives of the 87th Precinct on the trail of $750,000 missing from a six-year-old bank heist. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense... Read Full Overview

Detectives Brown and Carella answer a call to a double homicide. One guy broke in and another defended himself and now they both are dead. The case seems open and shut. Except for one piece of evidence: a torn picture in one of the dead men's hands. When insurance investigator... Read Full Overview

Detectives Brown and Carella answer a call to a double homicide. One guy broke in and another defended himself and now they both are dead. The case seems open and shut. Except for one piece of evidence: a torn picture in one of the dead men's hands. When insurance investigator... Read Full Overview

A piece of a torn picture in the hand of a dead man puts the detectives of the 87th Precinct on the trail of $750,000 missing from a six-year-old bank heist. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense... Read Full Overview