The Con-man

The Con-man is the 4th book in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series, and it was leaps and bounds better than the second, The Mugger.  (The selection available on kindle was pretty random, so I'm not reading every single one).  The ending is a very accomplished montage, jumping between locations every few paragraphs without being jarring.  McBain is also coming more into his own by this point, not just a second-rate Chandler.