Poison by Ed McBain

Life in the 87th is never dull.  When Carella and Willis catch a murder involving nicotine poisoning things get even a little more interesting.  Then when a potential suspect makes a play for Willis things get complicated.

Fast paced, just enough complicated, and bare bones makes for an interesting read.  I will admit I wanted to just shake Willis a couple of times and there were pages that I wanted to skip because they were disturbing because they really could happen that way.

Not having read one of the series in a long time I was glad to see that the 87th will still make you think.