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Learn moreThere are a lot of unspeakable things that happen in the big city, and the murder of St. Catherine’s Father Birney is one of them. For Detectives Carella and Hawes of the 87th Precinct, finding the killer means taking a journey into the darkest corners of the city’s soul.
The satanic cult near St. Catherine’s parish is the obvious first suspect—but not necessarily the right one. As the detectives investigate the priest’s life, they uncover blackmail, old grudges, and hidden motives. When everyone has a secret and the truth hides within the lies, Carella and Hawes must rely on their premier detective work to find the killer.
This installment of the author’s famed 87th Precinct series is as deep and rich as they come, delivering the goods with unparalleled, brute emotional force.
Ed McBain was one of the pen names of successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter (1926 – 2005). Debuting in 1956, the popular 87th Precinct is one of the longest running crime series ever published, featuring over fifty novels, and is hailed as “one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” McBain was awarded the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America and was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain.
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“One of the best in the 87th saga…” —People
“The solution…reverberates with the shocks of totally unexpected disclosures.” —Publishers Weekly
“Exciting, absorbing, and surprising…A stunner.” —The Washington Post
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