{"product_id":"the-anderson-tapes-9780440102175","title":"The Anderson Tapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith clockwork precision  Lawrence Sanders outlines the inspiration  planning and execution of an ambitious robbery of an apartment building on New Yorks Upper East Side in The Anderson Tapes  the best-selling thriller that established him as one of the most popular suspense writers of his generation. The premise is clever -- the entire story is told in surveillance tape transcripts and reports from law enforcement agencies  each of which seems to be observing some aspect of the situation in which the robbery takes place.  John \"Duke\" Anderson was recently paroled from Sing Sing  after serving time on a charge of breaking and entering. A rich woman picks him up one evening and takes him back to her apartment  in a small but elegant building on the Upper East Side. Anderson is intrigued by the situation in the building  seeing it as a possible target for a large-scale robbery. He needs backing  though  and he gets it through his contacts with the underworld. What Anderson does not know is that much of what he is already doing is being captured as evidence through electronic surveillance. The catch is that the different entities doing the surveillance are not communicating with each other. The evidence is assembled and the puzzle solved  after the robbery takes place and ends violently  by NYPD Capt. Edward X. Delaney.  The Anderson Tapes marks the first appearance in a Sanders novel of Delaney  a character who will be central to the authors Deadly Sin series of thrillers. Sanders brilliantly unfolds the story in short  fact-filled chapters constructed as police reports and tape transcripts  some of which are tantalizingly garbled. The Anderson Tapes won for Sanders the Mystery Writers of Americas Edgar as the Best First Mystery Novel of 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67978782605365,"sku":"ByrdShop_0440102170","price":58.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780440102175.jpg?v=1794672323","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-anderson-tapes-9780440102175","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}