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They were dead, the husband and wife. Both were shot in the face at close range with a shotgun. The husband, in fact, still had his finger on the trigger, the barrel pointing toward what used to be a significant portion of his head. It was clearly a suicide--or did it just... Read Full Overview

From Mystery Grand Master Ed McBain comes this classic tale from the 87th Precinct. The cops are horrified at the ghastly shotgun slaying of a couple, thinly disguised as a murder/suicide. Detectives Carella and Kling quickly line up a suspect, but another double homicide and... Read Full Overview

From Mystery Grand Master Ed McBain comes this classic tale from the 87th Precinct. The cops are horrified at the ghastly shotgun slaying of a couple, thinly disguised as a murder/suicide. Detectives Carella and Kling quickly line up a suspect, but another double homicide and... Read Full Overview

From Mystery Grand Master Ed McBain comes this classic tale from the 87th Precinct. The cops are horrified at the ghastly shotgun slaying of a couple, thinly disguised as a murder/suicide. Detectives Carella and Kling quickly line up a suspect, but another double homicide and... Read Full Overview

A man armed with a shotgun is loose in the city, killing married couples; it s up to Detectives Carella and Kling to find him before he ends the next marriage. The 87th Precinct is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century. Pete Hamill, Newsday McBain... Read Full Overview

They were dead, the husband and wife. Both were shot in the face at close range with a shotgun. The husband, in fact, still had his finger on the trigger, the barrel pointing toward what used to be a significant portion of his head. It was clearly a suicide--or did it just... Read Full Overview

They were dead, the husband and wife. Both were shot in the face at close range with a shotgun. The husband, in fact, still had his finger on the trigger, the barrel pointing toward what used to be a significant portion of his head. It was clearly a suicide--or did it just... Read Full Overview