Give the Boys a Great Big Hand Author:Ed McBain Severed above the wrist, its fingertips cut to ribbons, the 'great big hand' given to the boys of the 87th Precinct won little applause. Steve Carella had to search the trashcans and stripclubs of the big city for what was left of a white male between eighteen and twenty-four -- and find his killer. It was sicker than some, uglier than most. It ... more »was just a job. But the encores were much more grisly...« less