Wanda Weatherby had made her final pitch half an hour before when she phoned Mike with an urgent plea for help.
He'd been curious about her — who she was and what she wanted from him, and what she meant to the other people who had...
Here are excerpts from more than 30 years of Grand Master Ed McBain's bestselling 87th Precinct series of police procedurals, featuring some of his most lovable female...