87th Precinct mysteries
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1. Cop hater
2. The mugger
3. The pusher
5. Killer's choice
6. Killer's payoff
7. Killer's wedge
8. Lady killer
9. 'Til death
10. King's ransom
11. Give the boys a great big hand
12. The heckler
13. See them die: an 87th precinct mystery
14. Lady, lady, I did it!: An 87th precinct inner sanctum mystery
15. The empty hours
16. Like love
17. Ten plus one
18. Ax
19. He who hesitates
20. Doll: an 87th precinct novel
21. Eighty million eyes
22. Fuzz
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Police hunt for a perp who’s picking off politicians in this “triumph” (Chicago Sun-Times).
The detectives of the 87th Precinct have gotten a call threatening the life of the city’s parks commissioner unless a five-thousand-dollar ransom is paid. It seems like an obvious crank call. The deadline soon passes—and the parks commissioner is shot in the head as he leaves a concert.
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The detectives of the 87th Precinct have gotten a call threatening the life of the city’s parks commissioner unless a five-thousand-dollar ransom is paid. It seems like an obvious crank call. The deadline soon passes—and the parks commissioner is shot in the head as he leaves a concert.
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23. Shotgun
24. Jigsaw: an 87th precinct mystery
25. Hail, hail, the gang's all here
26. Sadie when she died
27. Let's hear it for the deaf man
28. Hail to the chief
32. Long time no see
35. Heat
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Snow whips through the city’s streets like lethal daggers when a young actress leaves the theater after her latest performance. She walks home instead of taking the subway, and soon the snow on the ground is stained red with her blood. A cold, hard winter is blowing in, and it’s bringing greed and murder.
37. Lightning
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It all got terribly confusing when the Deaf Man put in an appearance.... ...and the criminal mastermind is making his presence known by the dead bodies that are turning up around Isola. Then there are the notes -- with cryptic patterns including eight black horses dancing across a page -- that look like they mean nothing. But Detectives Kling, Carella, and Meyer know that with the Deaf Man, the seemingly meaningless always means something. Something...
39. Poison
41. Lullaby
43. Widows
44. Kiss
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Somebody is killing graffiti writers. Someone else is dumping grannies all over the town. And the Deaf Man, the nemesis of the 87th Precinct, returns with a vengeance, taunting detectives to stop his planned multi-million dollar heist. By the author of "The Blackboard Jungle" and "Come Winter"
46. And all through the house
47. Romance
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An actress is stabbed and the incident turns out to have been a publicity stunt for her play. That gives someone an idea because she is stabbed again and this time doesn't get up. Detectives Steve Carella and Bert Kling investigate the murder.
48. Nocturne
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Just in case anybody thought the 47 earlier novels in the 87th precinct were a fluke, McBain's gone and revitalized the routine with Nocturne"". — The New York Times Book Review
In Isola, the hours between midnight and dawn are usually a quiet time. But for 87th Precinct detectives Carella and Hawes, the murder of an old woman makes the wee hours anything but peaceful — especially when they learn she was one of the greatest concert pianists...
In Isola, the hours between midnight and dawn are usually a quiet time. But for 87th Precinct detectives Carella and Hawes, the murder of an old woman makes the wee hours anything but peaceful — especially when they learn she was one of the greatest concert pianists...
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Cassandra Lee Ridley was only the first victim. The beautiful red-haired, ex-Airforce pilot had done her job perfectly, ferrying the hard currency south of the border to pay for an assignment of cocaine, and she was already back in New York when her Mexican vendors caught up with her. The 'hard' currency was not genuine and pride had been hurt. But unfortunately Cassandra didn't know enough to save her life. And when her naked body is tossed into...
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Irritating though he was, Lester Henderson had it all when he strode up to rehearse his keynote address in the darkness of a downtown theatre. Widely tipped to be the next mayor and possessing a nice line in catalogue casual daywear, Henderson stood four square facing his glorious future. But five shots later and his lifeblood was seeping away gunned down by person or persons unknown from stage right... At that point he became Ollie Weeks' problem....
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53.
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The 53rd instalment in one of the longest running and most influential crime series still going in the world today. The 87th Precinct series has been going since the 1950s and offers a blueprint for all aspiring crime writers, wonderfully evoking a fictionalised Manhattan. This new novel will star McBain's wonderful creations, the laconic Steve Carella and his unorthodox sidekick Ollie Weeks.