Lullaby

A babysitter and the child she is watching are murdered on New Year’s Eve-just as a gang war over drug trafficking erupts and puts one of the detectives of the 87th Precinct in mortal danger. McBain has the ability to make every character believable-which few writers these days can do. -Associated Press The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century. -Pete Hamill, Newsday