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Original Title:	Fuzz (87th Precinct #22)
ISBN:	0446609714 (ISBN13: 9780446609715)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	87th Precinct #22

Fuzz (87th Precinct #22)

Ed McBain

Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 1352 Users | 75 Reviews

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Title	:	Fuzz (87th Precinct #22)
Author	:	Ed McBain
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2000 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1968)
Categories	:	Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Detective

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In Fuzz, a master criminal nicknamed the Deaf Man returns to bedevil the detectives of the 87th Precinct. As is often the case in this series, the weather plays an important part in the book. It's the middle of winter; the snow is deep, and the temperatures are freezing. It's not fit weather for man or beast, but the criminals are not taking the winter off and so neither can the police.

In one particularly aggravating series of crimes, someone is pouring gasoline on sleeping homeless men and then setting them on fire. Detective Steve Carella goes under cover in order to catch the killers, but this means he's going to spend a lot of time freezing in alleys and doorways, playing bait for the attackers. It won't be any fun at all, and it's going to be a particularly frustrating assignment.

While Carella is thus occupied, someone calls the 87th Precinct and demands that he be paid $5,000 or he will shoot the Parks Commissioner. Almost everyone, including the Parks Commissioner, assumes the call is a prank. Sadly it isn't, and after the Parks Commissioner is shot and killed, the caller, who turns out to be the old nemesis of the 87th, the Deaf Man, steps up his game and puts the city in a panic.

All in all, this is a very entertaining read that should appeal to the legions of fans who follow this series.

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Book #22 of the series and a bit of a departure from the norm compared with the previous books. First, at 270 pages it's much longer. Second, it features a returning villain, the mysterious 'deaf man'. For the most part I enjoyed this one, but for me the ending left a lot to be desired. It wasn't bad, just seemed very unlikely. A few more books and I will reach the half way point of this series. Over the last couple of years I have collected most of them in 2nd hand books or on Kindle and have

The blurb on the back of this pocket book says that a movie has been made of this one, starring Burt Reynolds, Yul Brenner, Raquel Welch ... wow ! I'd like to see that. This time Carella, Meyer Meyer, Kling, Byrnes, etc. seem to be "a day late and a dollar short" on preventing the deaths of city officials. They know WHO and approximately WHEN but not the HOW. The ending kind of leaves us hanging but still a very entertaining read.

Meh. The slang is dated, and McBain was just getting his engine warmed up as a writer. Reading this was a better choice than reading some crank-em-out writer who creates the same damn story over and over, but McBain's later work is so much better than this.

Great entry. Again, the city plays a central figure (if not the central figure) in the book. It's freezing cold, and getting colder. Men are burning homeless men, and the deaf man returns to kill city leaders. Starts a little soft, but gains steam throughout. McBain's skills were top notch, even after #22.

Thoroughly enjoyable as always

Nobody writes police procedurals quite like Ed McBain, and his ear for dialogue separates him from oh so many authors. This installment of the 87th precinct brings back the squad's nemesis, the deaf man-- a criminal mastermind who seems to relish outwitting cops while operating his well planned schemes. But even the best laid plans... Well you'll have to read he book. It does have a few shortcomings; the ending seems abrupt and there is a lack of satisfaction in how several of the criminals are

Where is the glamourI enjoyed this book and got to liking the characters, the men of the 87th. I wanted to read the book after seeing the movie that was based on it. Right off let me say they are two different animals. The movie is okay, but the book is way better. There are no big gun battles between the Cops and Robbers most of it is just following the leads to solve the crimes. In this story there are three crimes that happen: a case of murder and extortion, a case of somebody attacking the