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The Frumious Bandersnatch (87th Precinct, Bk 53)
The Frumious Bandersnatch - 87th Precinct, Bk 53 Author:Ed McBain It should have been the night that launched a new pop idol. Tamar Valparaiso is young and beautiful, with the body and voice of an angel, and the stage is set for her to launch her debut album, Bandersnatch, on a luxury yacht in the heart of the city. But halfway through her performance, while the partygoers look on helplessly, masked men... more » drag Tamar off the stage and into a waiting speedboat.
Detective Steve Carella is just showing up for the graveyard shift when news of the kidnapping comes in. Working disjointedly with a Joint Task Force that calls itself "The Squad," Carella and the men and women of the Eight-Seven must find Tamar before time -- or indeed her very life -- runs out.
In this brilliant look at the music industry, Ed McBain once again combines his mastery of the form with the fast-paced dialogue and intricate plotting that have become his signature.« less
I have so enjoyed reading about the wonderful 87th Precinct and getting re-acquainted with the crew! I now know what a Frumious Bandersnatch IS and so I've learned something as well by reading this book.
Fat Ollie (aka Detective Oliver Wendell Weeks) is the main man in this one, which is one of the funnier 87th precinct novels because of the cast of characters including divas, dumb and dumber crooks, and cops who are legends in their own mind. Leave it to Fat Ollie to bulldoze through the muck until he gets everything so tangled or untangled that the mystery is solved.