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Title: See Them Die
Series:
87th Precinct #13
Author: Ed
McBain
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre:
Crime Fiction
Pages: 337
Words:
52K
Publish: 1960
I’ve
mentioned in previous reviews how dark these books are, in a very
real world way. I’ve been uncomfortable with that in several books
and noted it. That feeling again happened to me reading this book and
so I’ve decided that I’ll be done with the 87th
Precinct novels.
I don’t feel that the shame, degradation and brokenness of humanity as it is in real life should be something for our casual entertainment. While events happen in real life just like McBain chronicles in these police procedural stories, reading about such things as my “entertainment” cheapens them and jades me. That is simply not right and I will not do something that darkens my soul.
★★☆☆☆
From the Publisher & Bookstooge
Local thug Pepe Miranda’s open challenge to the police has pushed July’s heat to a boiling point. His latest crime elevated him to the top of the 87th Precinct’s most wanted list, and now his dare is earning him street cred as well. With the city’s most dangerous gangs mobilized for an epic showdown, the fate of the precinct hangs in the balance.
But Lieutenant Peter Byrnes and his detectives are ready for anything. They certainly aren’t going to let a challenge like that lie—not from someone like Miranda and not when a tip puts them hot on his trail. As the men of the 87th close in, they could be heading into a deadly gunfight that blows their city apart.
At the same time, a group of youths are in a struggle to define who they will be, killers or defenders of their city. Miranda is the end game if they choose one path and the cops of the 87th are the results if they choose otherwise.
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