Frumious Bandersnatch - by Ed McBain (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published in hardcover in 2004 by Simon & Shuster, Inc.

Book Synopsis

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 supposed 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.

Review Quotes

"Entertainment Weekly" Top-dollar McBain...funny and adroit....Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain's grand, ongoing accomplishment.

"Library Journal"McBain shows why he's still the best....[His] writing is tight, his characters believable. Just when readers think they have it all figured out, McBain proves that he is still capable of a shocker.

"Publishers Weekly"McBain remains as fresh and sharp-edged as ever.

"The Washington Post" Wry entertainment.

"USA Today" [A] delectably cynical, out-and-out corrosive tale....As savagely satisfying as a very rare filet mignon.

"USA Today" One of his most delectably cynical, out-and-out corrosive tales since he started writing the series in 1956....This is McBain as savagely satisfying as a very rare filet mignon.

Marilyn Stasio "The New York Times" O frabjous day! Ed McBain takes us through the looking glass and into the surreal world of the music business....A riotous, if ultimately sobering, tale.