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Cop Hater / The Mugger -- Omnibus Edition (87th Precinct, Bks 1 & 2)
Cop Hater / The Mugger -- Omnibus Edition - 87th Precinct, Bks 1 & 2 Author:Ed McBain An Omnibus of two great novels. — Cop Hater: When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two, it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is, until a third detective is found murdered. With one meagre clue, detective Steve Carella begins his grim search for the lil... more »ler, a search that takes him into the city's underworld to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful & dangerous widow and, finally, to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head ...
First published in 1958.
The Mugger: The mugger was special. He preyed only on woman. He waited in the darkness, coming from behind to snatch their purses. He punched his victims, told them no to scream,and, as the woman reeled with pain and fear, he bowed and said "Clifford thanks you, madam". The cops in the 87th precinct are not amused. Especially when he puts one victim in hospital- - and the next one in the morgue. The dead girl was pretty, and only seventeen. And patrolman Bert Kling has a personal reason to go after her murderer. A reason that becomes a burning obsession and an easy way for a copy to get killed ...