Buy this book on-line McBAIN,ED: : MISCHIEF - A NOVEL OF THE 87th PRECINCTUSA.NY,WILLIAM MORROW & Co.,Inc,1993. ISBN 0688102212.
US,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's
black felt-tip ink signature - without dedication - to title-page,just above his
own printed name,no price-clip to dw/dj.
Bright,clean illustrated dw/dj with some light shelf-wear and creasing to edges and
corners - due in part to slightly oversize
dw/dj.Head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and also a
small closed tear to top,rear edge in headstrip's vicinity.Top edge minimally spotted,but generally clean;fore-edge
bright and spotless;contents bright,tight
and near pristine.Publisher's black paper-covered bds with black cloth blind spine, with bright, crisp, stamped red gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate maroon eps.8vo,11-346pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title page, titles advert,title-page,
dedication and 6pp blanks at rear.
The Deaf Man is back! In his first appearance since 'Eight Black Horses' in 1985,the nemesis of the 87th returns with
a vengeance.Zeroing in on Steve Carella, his favourite foil, he bombards the squadroom with directives that seem to describe in detail exactly what he's up to
this time - but not quite.What he's planning is his most devilish million-dollar caper to date.
In the squadroom, an otherwise slow March
night is enlivened by the murder of a graffiti writer under a highway bridge.
Over the course of several weeks, more of the city's outlaw artists are killed under
mysterious circumstances,and a team run by
Detective Parker begins to put the pieces together.
Meanwhile,a new criminal activity surfaces:Someone is abandoning helpless elderly men and women at different locations around the city.
As if all this weren't enough,racial tensions in the city are at an all-time high.While pressure mounts on various fronts,the city announces a free rap concert in the park,set for a day in the very near future.
As the shattering finale of 'Mischief' looms,seemingly unrelated developments intertwine in an ending that sets a new
standard even for McBain's most discerning
fans.
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