Ax (87th Precinct Series #18)

Following the success of The Big Bad City, one of the most celebrated suspense writers of our era—a master of crime fiction with more than 100 million copies of his books in print worldwide—delivers a new gritty and witty depiction of life and death in the 87th Precinct.

The author that redefined crime fiction and created a genre is back with the 50th novel of the 87th Precinct series. This time a man with no enemies is found hanging in what appears to be a suicide in Isola's theater district. But Carella and Meyer soon discover that, drugged and unconscious, he could not possibly have hung himself. They are dealing with murder and an investigation that takes them into the politics and passions of a musical opening. Once again the founder of the tough and funny urban cop thriller provides a gripping and wry novel of the famous 87th Precinct.