books by ED McBAIN     books:     ED McBAIN      Fiddlers: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries) Ed McBain Harvest Books, 2006 Five Star Finale Though it had to be, what a shame to end the series on such a downbeat note, with Steve Carella's little April, once the apple of his eye, turning into a gang girl, and her opposite number, the boy twin, becoming a snitch, a rat, of the worst description, telling on ...             Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries) Ed McBain Pocket, 1999 A START with a BANG. If you LIKE this one , you're gone LOVE almost all of the sequels: more than 50 by now and continuing the series with style and fun. I started with this first novel in 1963 and got hooked from the first page on..... The 87th-precinct guys are part of the family. (And ...             Best American Mystery Stories 1999 Houghton Mifflin, 1999 A Strong Collection "The Best American Mystery Stories 1999" is a strong collection of modern crime related short stories that run the gamut from Private Eye tales to ameture sleuth stories to whodunnits? They are as varied as the authors themselves. Some giants of the genre check in ...             Learning to Kill: Stories Ed McBain Harvest Books, 2007 "Pulp fiction" at it's best Long before Quentin Tarantino popularized the term, there once was a real world of "pulp fiction." For the first half of the 20th century, magazines printed on cheap "pulp" paper with names like Black Mask, Manhunt and Argosy thrilled readers with lurid covers and ...             The Gutter And the Grave (Hard Case Crime) Ed McBain Hard Case Crime, 2005 A guilty pleasure, but a good one. I had not read a real hard-boiled detective novel in years before I stumbled onto this book. This is the real deal in the old pulp tradition, but the absolute best pulp tradition. Originally written in 1958, I do not think that the vast majority of modern writers could ...             The Heckler (87th Precinct Mysteries) Ed McBain Pocket, 2003 First Bow for the Deaf Man "The Heckler" is the 87th Precinct Mystery which features the first appearance of the elusive and recurrent McBain villian known only as the Deaf Man. In this installment, you learn why this mastermind of evil has a particular affinity for the "boys of the 87th," ...             The Pusher : A Novel of the 87th Precinct Ed McBain Pocket, 2002 He Who Hesitates Of McBain's 70 to 80 books, this is without a doubt his best. This is what storytelling is all about. Simple characters, doing simple things and making it impossible to put the book down . I'm curious to know whether Evan Hunter is still alive or just retired from ...             Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct Mysteries) Ed McBain Pocket, 2003 ANOTHER WINNER!!! This is the sixth book on the 87th precinct I have read. They all have been good and this is no exception. The precinct is trying to find who ever gunned down a man who was walking down the street and why. The usual bunch is here, Steve Carella, Bert Kling, Cotton ...             The Big Bad City (87th Precinct Mysteries) Ed McBain Pocket, 1999 A late arrival to McBain finds hims wonderful I've arrived late to Ed McBain. The first work of his I read was his last (unless, like the late Ludlum, his estate decides to keep him alive through badly written and truly "ghost" novels). McBain wrote, I think, 55 87th Precinct police procedurals. "The Big Bad ...             Eighty Million Eyes {Unabridged Audio} (87th Precinct Mystery Novel) Ed McBain Books on Tape, Inc., 1997 When someone kills a popular comedian live on nationwide TV, it's no joke to the boys of the 87th Precinct. Although fans loved the funny man, everyone from his gagwriter to his wardrobe lady wanted him dead. The killer hides out in the world of celebrities, his motives in the darkest corners of the human heart.             The Last Dance Ed McBain Pocket, 2000 A good story I wasn't familiar with McBain before coming across this book. It's a really well done mystery ---characters are well drawn and interesting, the events are plausible. McBain also was the narrator for the audio book I listened to, and did an excellent job. Few writers ...             Blood Relatives Ed McBain Signet, 1987 Great one This is classic McBain. It gripped me from the suspenseful and beautifully described opening (a girl running in the rain) to a twisty revealing finale.             Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (Paperback) Ed McBain Pocket, 2003 Another winner I've read most of the mysteries in the 87th Precinct series and haven't found a klinker in the lot. I envy readers who've not yet discovered them, because they have a treat ahead. That said, this is perhaps the best of the lot. Alas, there will be no more. Evan ...             Mischief (87th Precinct Mysteries) Ed McBain Pocket, 2003 A magical, marvelous novel Mischief has the Deaf Man as its main character and what a main character he is. Is there a smarter character, hero or villain, in crime fiction than the Deaf Man? No way. (Is he McBain's DARK alter ego, as Hope and Carella are his "good" alter ego?) As per usual, ...             Widows Ed McBain Pocket, 2004 Live a clean life otherwise the loose ends may trangle up! WIDOWS is a criminal novel which begins with the crime scene of a beautiful 22 year old blond girl found murdered in her expensive penthouse.She had been cut by a knife in several different parts of her body.A series of exotic letters had been found in her apartment ...          products you might be interested in search for books american, learning, mysteries, paperback, relatives, unabridged      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Hausbuch der Zimmerpflanzen