It’s no secret that Ed McBain was a favorite author around these offices so when Hard Case Crime announced McBain first crime novel being brought back after 50 years we were a bit excited. SO NUDE, SO DEAD. OK, you already have me with the title. A piano prodigy wakes up next to a dead body, a fellow performer. Ray Stone has even more problems though, both he and the dead Eileen are addicts and this will making talking to the cops problematic. On the run from the cops and hoping to find the killer we get to follow Ray on a crazy ride. Loved every word of this book.