Til Death

The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella?s sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if her brother can?t figure out which man on the guest list has come to murder the groom.

Carella and the men from the 87th Precinct find themselves on the clock as they desperately hunt amongst the name cards and catered dinners for the would-be assailant. Trouble is, the crowd has numerous people with viable motives: the best man who stands to inherit everything the groom owns, the ex-boyfriend with a homicidal crush, and even an ex-GI with a score to settle. But time is ticking, and if they don?t act fast, Angela will become a bride?and a widow?on the same day.

Another riveting installment of the 87th Precinct series, 'Til Death is one of bestseller Ed McBain?s finest, an intense, life-and-death nerve-wracker hailed by the Literary Review as ?zestful, inventive, and utterly compulsive.?