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The Frumious Bandersnatch (87th Precinct, Bk 53)
The Frumious Bandersnatch - 87th Precinct, Bk 53 Author:Ed McBain The kidnapping was audacious, and there were plenty of witnesses... — But no one attending the dazzling launch party for up-and-coming pop idol Tamar Valparaiso knew what they were seeing when, halfway through her performance, masked men whisked the sexy young singer off a luxury yacht and into a waiting speedboat. Now, the evening that was suppo... more »sed to send Tamar's debut album, Bandersnatch, skyrocketing with a million-dollar promotional campaign has instead kicked off a terrifying countdown for Steve Carella and the detectives of the 87th Precinct. Time is their enemy in the race to find Tamar's abductors -- before the rising star is extinguished forever.« less
I have so enjoyed reading about the wonderful 87th Precinct and getting re-acquainted with the crew! I now know what a Frumious Bandersnatch IS and so I've learned something as well by reading this book.
Fat Ollie (aka Detective Oliver Wendell Weeks) is the main man in this one, which is one of the funnier 87th precinct novels because of the cast of characters including divas, dumb and dumber crooks, and cops who are legends in their own mind. Leave it to Fat Ollie to bulldoze through the muck until he gets everything so tangled or untangled that the mystery is solved.