Synopses & Reviews
Murders happen every day in the big bad city. They're not such a big deal, you know. Even when the victim is a city councilman as well known as Lester Henderson.
But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the squeal about the dead councilman, his leather dispatch case is stolen from the back of his car -- and in it, the only copy of his precious manuscript.
Joined by Carella and Kling from the neighboring 87th Precinct, Ollie investigates the homicide with all the exquisite crudeness, insensitivity, and determination for which he is famous. But the theft of his first novel fills Ollie with a renewed passion for old-fashioned detective work.
Following the exploits of one of Ed McBain's most beloved detectives, this lively and complicated novel -- the fifty-second in the award-winning 87th Precinct series -- is perhaps his best book yet.
Synopsis
In this companion to the upcoming A&E television series based on the 87th Precinct, foul-mouthed and short-tempered Fat Ollie Weeks--one of Ed McBain's most loved cops--takes center stage. After finishing his own crime novel, Weeks is momentarily distracted and the manuscript is stolen from his car. Solving the crime is never pretty with Fat Ollie, and this time it's personal.
Synopsis
With the same vivid, suspense-filled style that continues to garner fabulous reviews across the country, Ed McBain truly delivers in a tale from the famed 87th Precinct. This time Fat Ollie Weeks returns after arresting a corrupt book publisher and tries his hand at writing his own crime novel, entitled Report to the Commissioner. Just moments after Fat Ollie has finished his opus and is on his way to his agent, he catches a squeal -- a murder case in the 87th. After investigating the crime, he returns to his car to find it broken into and the manuscript -- his only copy -- gone.
From the author who wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's terrifying The Birds, Fat Ollie's Book is sure to grab readers -- and hold them -- for a ride that is as humorous as it is enthralling. Fans have long fallen for McBain's brilliant characters, and they will fall all over again: Because solving the crime is never pretty with Fat Ollie Weeks, and this time it's personal.
Synopsis
Murders happen every day in the big bad city. They're not such a big deal, you know. Even when the victim is a city councilman as well known as Lester Henderson.
But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the squeal about the dead councilman, his leather dispatch case is stolen from the back of his car -- and in it, the only copy of his precious manuscript.
Joined by Carella and Kling from the neighboring 87th Precinct, Ollie investigates the homicide with all the exquisite crudeness, insensitivity, and determination for which he is famous. But the theft of his first novel fills Ollie with a renewed passion for old-fashioned detective work.
Following the exploits of one of Ed McBain's most beloved detectives, this lively and complicated novel -- the fifty-second in the award-winning 87th Precinct series -- is perhaps his best book yet.