Bread (87th Precinct Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

~ (Author) "It was August, and the temperature outside was ninety-six degrees, and the squadroom was not air-conditioned, and Detective Steve Carella was hot..." (more)
Key Phrases: little wooden animals, warehouse fire, Diamondback Development, Charlie Harrod, Frank Reardon (more...)

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Investigating the murder of a warehouse watchman, the cops of the 87th Precinct face a disturbing outbreak in cash-related crimes that link a prostitute's death, a warehouse fire, and a slum redevelopment deal. Reprint. NYT. "

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (July 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446604259
• ISBN-13: 978-0446604253
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #260,213 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the Best McBain up to this Point (1975), October 16, 2008

By	Grey Wolffe "Zeb Kantrowitz" (North Waltham, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bread (Paperback)

"Bread" is the 29th installment of the "87th Precinct" novel series, and maybe the best up to this point. Not only are we given a great story (yes there is only one in this book) but we are also introduced to one of McBain's best characters, Oliver "Fat Ollie" Weeks of the 83rd in the Diamondback district. Ollie is only slightly about Parker in the hygiene department and can match him BO to BO on any day. Ollie though is a good detective, but with the mouth of a bigot who doesn't understand why some people are upset by the way he talks and acts and smells.

The story starts with an arson investigation, then leads to another arson and then two murders and the beating of a woman. Involved are a group of business partners who add new meaning to the expression 'cya'. They are so busy double dealing and trying to screw each other that even they lose track of who's doing what to who. It's a great story and much more realistic and believable then the "Deaf Man" stories. I'm looking forward to more of "Fat Ollie".

Zeb Kantrowitz

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5.0 out of 5 stars sizzling, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

McBain captures the tense relationships of city life in "Bread." The heroes and the villians are equally memorable characters. McBain provides it all: humor, suspense, and action all in perfectly written prose.