Nocturne: A Novel of the 87th Precinct

From Library Journal

A veteran of the venerable 87th investigates the death of a concert pianist. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The New York Times Book Review, Marilyn Stasio

Ed McBain taught the American police procedural its best song-and-dance steps. But just in case anybody thought the 47 earlier novels in his 87th Precinct series were a fluke, he's gone and revitalized the routine with Nocturne... Before this long dark night is through, Mr. McBain will make us care about a 19-year-old hooker who is savagely killed in a gang rape, a pimp and a drug dealer who also die hard and 25 roosters torn up in a cockfight... The stories behind these bluesy vignettes of one night's life and sudden death in the city can be sad, sordid, bizarre or disgusting, but they are never not real.