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This, yet another time, is for my wife— DRAGICA DIMITRIJEVIC-HUNTER
winner of v
the crime writers'association/ -
cartier diamond dagger award '
A man with no enemies is found hanging in what appears to be a suicide. But Carella and company soon discover that, drugged and unconscious, he could not possibly have hanged himself. They are dealing with murder. The investigation takes them into the politics and passions of a musical in preparation. Or rather' two: one that happened half a century ago and one that is happening rjow ...
'One oi the masters oi crime fiction.'
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'McBain is so good he ought to be arrested.' ;
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'When it comes to the voices oi the city, McBaini the man with the golden ear.'
I new york times book review · · .
'A virtuoso.'
Many of 's dazzling mysteries are New English Library paperbacks - the latest th Precinct stories are The Big Bad City and Nocturne. The Last Best Hope features Florida detective Matthew Hope. Have you read thern ajl?
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NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY Fiction: Crime
Author photograph by Dragica Dimitrijevic
Cover Photographs Tony Stone Images
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