The pusher

an 87th Precinct mystery

by

200 pages

English language

Published June 6, 2013 by Thomas & Mercer.

ISBN:
9781477805749
OCLC Number:
886898055

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4 stars (1 review)

A teenage junkie is found dead in a dark and dank basement. It seems like an obvious suicide, but an autopsy reveals the boy OD’d on heroin. Detective Steve Carella and the 87th Precinct team have to wade through Isola's drug scene to find the killer, but is one of the cops compromised?

1 edition

reviewed The pusher by Ed McBain

Good old-fashioned police procedural

4 stars

I love old crime novels; a window into another world. Little depth, but expertly done. McBain - Evan Hunter - is a competent writer in command of his subject and it's all done and dusted in under 200 pages. What more do you want? You can even smile whimsically at the 1950s Isola drug underworld - so innocent in comparison to modern times.

Subjects

  • 87th Precinct (Imaginary place)
  • Police
  • Fiction

Places

  • United States