Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
'A masterpiece of crime writing... there's nobody who does it better' -- Daily Mirror
Cassandra Lee Riley knew she was taking a risk when she agreed to fly hard currency south of the border in exchange for a huge consignment of drugs. But her body ended up in the lions' cage in the 87th Precinct and Detective Steve Carella is landed with the case - not to mention a body stuffed in a garbage can, and two gorgeous blondes on a rampage...

'McBain keeps you reading and keeps you guessing... the book is a winner' -- Sunday Telegraph
'These stories of Detective Steve Carella and his pals are the finest police procedural series ever... Keep 'em coming, Ed' Independent on Sunday

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752848399 (December, 2002), 312 p., £5.99.

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
THE CELEBRATED FIFTIETH NOVEL OF THE 87TH PRECINCT
In this city, you can get anything done for a price. If you want someone's eyeglasses smashed, it'll cost you a subway token. You want his fingernails pulled out? His legs broken? You want him hurt so bad he's an invalid his whole life? You want him... killed? Let me talk to someone. It can be done.

The hanging death of a nondescript old man in a shabby little apartment in a meager section of the 87th Precinct is nothing much in this city, especially to detectives Carella and Meyer. But everyone has a story, and this old man's story stood to make some people a lot of money. His story takes Carella, Meyer, Brown, and Weeks on a search through Isola's seedy strip clubs and to the bright lights of the theater district. There they discover an upcoming musical with ties to a mysterious drug-and a killer who stays until the last dance.

"McBAIN REMAINS SIMPLY AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME... LAST DANCE [IS] A GREAT PIECE OF WRITING." -- Larry King, USA Today

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Pocket Star Books, ISBN: 0743410327 (October, 2002), 327 p., $7.99.

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
$1.7 million dollars of trouble in a very crowded 87th Precinct...
Cassandra Lee Ridley was only the first victim. The beautiful red-headed, ex-Airforce pilot had done her job perfectly ferrying the hard currency south of the border to pay for an enormous consignment of cocaine - and she was already back in New York when her Mexican vendors caught up with her. The 'hard' currency was as genuine as a politician's word of honour and these weren't the sort of people to let that slide. Pride had been hurt.

But, unfortunately, Cassandra didn't know quite enough to save her life...

And when her naked body is tossed into a lions' cage in the 87th Precinct, it becomes the unfortunate responsibility of Detective Steve Carella. And before long, she is not alone. A book salesman is found stuffed into a garbage can, with a bullet in the back of his head, the body of a fake Texas ranger turns up, the wrong end of 10,000 volts of cattle prod and two gorgeous blondes are on a rampage through the city.

With lightning pace, an endlessly twisting plot and all the slick trademarks of the best of Ed McBain's writing, Money, Money, Money confirms the author's standing as an enduring legend of crime fiction...

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Orion Books, ISBN: 0575071516 (December, 2001), 269 p., £12.99.

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
It is Christmas in the city, but it isn't the giving season. A retired Gulf War pilot, a careless second-story man, a pair of angry Mexicans, and an equally shady pair of Secret Service agents are in town after a large stash of money, and no one is interested in sharing.

The detectives at the 87th are already busy for the holidays. Steve Carella and Fat Ollie Weeks catch the squeal when the lions in the city zoo get an unauthorized feeding of a young woman's body. And then there's a trash can stuffed with a book salesman carrying a P-38 Walther and a wad of big bills.

The bad bills and the dead book salesman lead to the offices of a respected publisher, Wadsworth and Dodds. This is good news for Fat Ollie, because he's working on a police novel - one written by a real cop - and he's sure it's going to be a bestseller.

Ed McBain returns to his legendary 87th Precinct with a suspenseful story of greed, conflict, and the eternal search for money, money, money.

ED McBAIN
is the only American ever to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. He also holds the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Grand Master Award. His most recent 87th Precinct novel was The Last Dance. Under his own name -- Evan Hunter -- his writing career has spanned almost five decades, from his first novel, The Blackboard Jungle, in 1954, to the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, to Candyland, his most recent novel, written in tandem with his alter ego, Ed McBain.

Ed McBain: Money, Money, Money. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0743202694 (August, 2001), 269 p., $25.00.