This is enjoyable entry in 87th precinct novels by Ed McBain where criminal mastermind fucks with the police and creates diversions to lead them off his big plan, going so far to trap stadium with explosives. But as he goes away with the money bad luck finds him in last moment in shape of a beat cop. Luckily he escapes in the river but with no money.

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Ross Macdonald - Tom Nolan
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Although somewhat poorly written, this is milestone in crime genre, with good sense of hypocrisy and crispy language.
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