num_pages: 336
description: This novel represents the first appearance of Lawrence Sanders' most famous character, Edward X. Delaney, and the masterpiece of murder and suspense that launched Sanders' career.The author outlines the conception, planning, and execution of the robbery of an Upper East Side apartment building with machine-like precision. The novel employs a clever premise: the entire story is told in surveillance-tape transcripts and reports from law-enforcement agencies, each of which observes an aspect of the situation in which the robbery takes place.
language: English
title: The Anderson Tapes
titlecomplete: The Anderson Tapes (Deadly Sins, #1)
genres: Thriller, Detective, Novels, Crime, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 1798
series: Deadly Sins
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Berkley