Okay, two more by Ed McBain. Yesterday I finished rereading "Lightning". This is a really juicy one, lots of stuff going on. Eileen poses as a serial rape victim hoping to catch a rapist who is--get this--raping Catholic pro-life supporters in the hopes of getting them pregnant and forcing them to have abortions to show how hypocritical they are deep down. Yikes! Eileen does indeed attract the serial rapist, who ends up cutting and raping her. As if that wasn't enough, the 87th has to deal with a murderer who's killing promising young female track stars, and one is found in Ollie Week's precinct (the 83rd in this book; later, it's the 88th). Turns out the killer was a former Olympic gold medalist track star who missed the fame and attention. In this book it seems like McBain was trying to show just how crazy people can be. He succeeded.
This morning it was "Doll" that I finished rereading, an earlier one. A beautiful model is murdered while her 5 year old daughter plays next door in her room with her doll. Carella figures out who the killer is and goes to make an arrest--by himself. He is overpowered and held hostage. The rest of the 87th has to try to find him before they kill him. Very good stuff.
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