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MediaDB / «The Lady Killer by Ed McBain: download fb2, read online
About the book: 2004 / Police officers of the 87th precinct are unsuccessfully trying to catch a serial robber. What is known is that he never attempts the lives of his victims and wears unusually shaped sunglasses. But unexpectedly, very similar glasses were found at the scene of the murder of a young girl. Has the criminal really betrayed his principles? ("Robber"). The duty officer of the 87th precinct receives a message that at exactly eight o'clock a certain Lady will be killed. Having a minimum of information about both the killer himself and the intended victim, detectives rush to find them (“The Lady Killer”). The leader of a local gang of teenagers, Zip, incites youngsters to kill a classmate. Vigilant police officers manage to prevent the crime, but at too high a cost ("Watch them die"»).