Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
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.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Pocket Star Books, ISBN: 0743476514 (October, 2004), 350 p., $7.99.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
Diva disappeared...
This was supposed to be the night that launched a new pop idol into the firmament. Tamar Valparaiso has it all: young and beautiful with the body and voice of an angel. And just as importantly she is going to hit all the right demographics. With a Mexican father she's going to walk the Hispanic market and her Russian mother ensured that her blonde hair will not be scaring off the Britney fans. So, tonight, she is going to make debut performance of her first single - Bandersnatch - on a luxury motor-launch in the heart of the city.

But this is when she becomes Detective Steve Carella's problem. Halfway through her performance - and watched by millions of fans - masked men drag Tamar off the stage and into the bowels of a waiting speedboat. Now the city is in uproar and the responsibility of getting her back safely lies on Carella's shoulders...

The brand new 87th Precinct Novel from the master himself - Ed McBain.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch. An 87th Precinct Novel. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752859161 (September, 2004), 303 p., £6.99.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
The brand new 87th Precinct Novel from the master himself - Ed McBain.
The 53rd instalment in one of the longest running and most influential crime series still going in the world today. The 87th Precinct series has been going since the 1950s and offers a blueprint for all aspiring crime writers, wonderfully evoking a fictionalised Manhattan. This new novel will star McBain's wonderful creations, the laconic Steve Carella and his unorthodox sidekick Ollie Weeks.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752855859 (January, 2004), 287 p., £12.99.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
It should have been the night that launched a new pop idol. Tamar Valparaiso is young and beautiful, with the body and voice of an angel, and the stage is set for her to launch her debut album, Bandersnatch, on a luxury yacht in the heart of the city. But halfway through her performance, while the partygoers look on helplessly, masked men drag Tamar off the stage and into a waiting speedboat.

Detective Steve Carella is just showing up for the graveyard shift when news of the kidnapping comes in. Working disjointedly with a Joint Task Force that calls itself "The Squad," Carella and the men and women of the Eight-Seven must find Tamar before time -- or indeed her very life -- runs out.

In this brilliant look at the music industry, Ed McBain once again combines his mastery of the form with the fast-paced dialogue and intricate plotting that have become his signature.

Ed McBain: The Frumious Bandersnatch. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 0743250346 (January, 2004), 287 p., $25.00.