When police officer Mike Reardon is murdered, the homicide unit of the 87th precinct work tirelessly to find his killer, who hides in the shadows for his next victim with a badge.

I was new to this series and the writer, but chose to read it on the recommendation of book tuner CriminOlly and I was not disappointed.

This is easily one of the strongest crime books I’ve read. McBain does a great job building up the detectives personal lives, making you care about them, but never knowing which ones the cop killer was going to take. This created loads of tension and I was on the edge of my seat for the majority of the story.

I also liked how the mystery was not easy to solve. I only figured out who the killer was when McBain intended it to be revealed.

There are something like 54 books in the 87th Precinct series, and I’m definitely going to continue to book 2.