Money, Money, Money — Ed McBain

It slips through the hands of a lady Gulf War pilot, a careless second-story man, a pair of angry Mexicans, and two shady Secret Service agents. Detectives Steve Carella and Fat Ollie Weeks are unwrapping the mysteries behind the body that was fed to the lions in the city zoo, and the dead book salesman found in a trash can with a P-38 Walther and a wad of bad bills. How it all ties up in a nice neat package for the cops of the 87th Precinct is a story of greed, a deadly urban underworld, and the eternal pursuit of ... money, money, money.