Little shelfwear Faint crease on spine Signet Books, 1977?, 152 pages 87th Precinct book # 18 Name: George Lasser Age: 87 Autopsy Results: Death caused by numerous blows with an ax Suspects: None Steve Carella, Cotton Hawes, and the boys of the 87th Precinct knew where, when, and how George Lasser died, but they didn't have a clue as to who had given him the ax. Of course, it had to be some kind of maniac, and, true, Lasser's wife and son were both kind of odd. But they also had the kind of alibis that couldn't be cracked. So that left Steve and Cotton with a big zero in the loony ax murderer department. Then, just when they were about to shelve the case, the mad marauder struck again....