A babysitter and the child she is watching are murdered on New Year's
Eve--just as a gang war over drug trafficking erupts and puts one of the
detectives of the 87th Precinct in mortal danger.
"McBain has the ability to make every character believable--which few
writers these days can do." --Associated Press
"The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of
the last half-century." --Pete Hamill, Newsday