Widows A Novel of the 87th Precinct Author:Ed McBain It begins with a beautiful young woman found murdered in a lush penthouse apartment. The only clues are a steamy collection of erotic letters and thirty-two separate knife wounds. Soon the men and women of the 87th Precinct must solve another killing: that of the twenty-two-year-old woman's elderly lover. "Widows" is an incisive, enthralling s... more »tory of cops and killers, victims and survivors. It's McBain at his best.« less