Underground Reading: The Gutter and the Grave by Ed McBain

This is the latest installment in our scheme to review each and every Hard Case Crime publication, one every week.You can follow along here. Last week was one of the best so far, Lawrence Block's The Girl with the Long Green Heart. The tough task of following Block falls to Ed McBain. Can he handle the pressure?

The Gutter and the Grave(2005) was first published in 1958 as I'm Cannon - For Hire, a Gold Medal paperback written by no other than "Curt Cannon". The rough and tumble Cannon appear...