Books like Downtown by Evan Hunter
Michael Barnes, a detective in New York City, is caught up in a chaotic and dangerous situation on Christmas Eve. He finds himself at the center of a web of crime and chaos, with no escape from the city's corrupt and dangerous underworld. McBain's humor is so deliberately distracting that you don't realize it when he turns deadly serious. Michael Barnes may be bounced from one jam to another, but he too has a dark side, like most McBain characters. This is another example of Ed McBain at his best.
First publish date: 1989
Genre: Crime Fiction/Criminal Underworld
Authors: Evan Hunter
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