'Til Death

by Ed McBain

Ebook, 1959

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The 9th entry in McBain's classic 87th Precinct police procedural series. Steve Carella enlists some of his precinct mates to help him figure out if a threat made on the life of his prospective brother-in-law is serious or just a joke. The action takes place mostly at the big fat Italian wedding of

Carella's sister, Angela, with Bert Kling, Cotton Hawes and Meyer Meyer lending a hand — and an occasional fist or gun — to their buddy. This was one of the first series that got me hooked on crime and mystery books back when I was a kid, and now I'm re-reading them in order.

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The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella's sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if her brother can't figure out which man on the guest list has come to murder the groom. Carella and the men from the 87th Precinct find themselves on the clock as they desperately hunt amongst the name cards and catered dinners for the would-be assailant. Trouble is, the crowd has numerous people with viable motives: the best man who stands to inherit everything the groom owns, the ex-boyfriend with a homicidal crush, and even an ex-GI with a score to settle. But time is ticking, and if they don't act fast, Angela will become a bride--and a widow--on the same day. Another riveting installment of the 87th Precinct series, 'Til Death is one of bestseller Ed McBain's finest, an intense, life-and-death nerve-wracker hailed by the Literary Review as "zestful, inventive, and utterly compulsive."… (more)