THE HECKLER (1960) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 176pp First published in 1960 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1960 ISBN: 978-0-140-02393-0 Blurb: Spring was intoxicating the city air, but the harassing anonymous telephone calls planting seeds of fear around town were no April Fool’s joke. Crank calls and crackpot threats reported to…
Tag: 87th Precinct
Book Review – GIVE THE BOYS A GREAT BIG HAND (1960) by Ed McBain
GIVE THE BOYS A GREAT BIG HAND (1960) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 176pp (170pp) First published in 1960 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1960 ISBN: 978-0-140-02310-7 Blurb: The mystery man wore black, and he was a real cut-up king. Why else was he leaving blood-red severed hands all over the…
Book Review – KING’S RANSON (1959) by Ed McBain
KING’S RANSOM (1959) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 176pp (172pp) First published in 1959 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1959 ISBN: 978-0-140-02219-3 Blurb: Half a million dollars – or a boy’s life . . . But what if that boy isn’t your own son? And what if paying the ransom will ruin the…
Book Review – ‘TIL DEATH (1959) by Ed McBain
‘TIL DEATH (1959) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1986, 160pp (157pp) First published in 1959 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1959 ISBN: 978-0-140-02164-6 Blurb: The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella’s sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if…
Book Review – LADY KILLER (1958) by Ed McBain
LADY KILLER (1958) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1986, 176pp (172pp) First published in 1958 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1958 ISBN: 978-0-140-02019-9 Blurb: “I will kill the Lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?” The boys of the 87th have just twelve hours to find out who the…
Book Review – KILLER’S WEDGE (1959) by Ed McBain
KILLER’S WEDGE (1959) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Allison & Busby, 2007, 242pp (233pp) First published in 1958 (USA) © The Estate of Ed McBain, 1958 ISBN: 978-0-749-08023-5 Blurb: Her game was death – and her name was Virginia Dodge. She was out to put a bullet through Steve Carella’s brain, and she…
Book Review – KILLER’S PAYOFF (1958) by Ed McBain
KILLER’S PAYOFF (1958) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 160pp First published in 1958 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1958 ISBN: 978-0-140-02119-6 Blurb: He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen….And yet appearances can be more than deceiving in the world of blackmail and extortion. The shocking gangland-style murder of known blackmailer…
Book Review – THE CON MAN (1957) by Ed McBain
THE CON MAN (1957) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 174pp (168pp) First published in 1957 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1957 ISBN: 978-0-140-01971-1 Blurb: A con man is plying his trade on the streets of Isola: conning a domestic for pocket change, businessmen for thousands, and even ladies in exchange for a…
Book Review – THE PUSHER (1956) by Ed McBain
THE PUSHER (1956) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 160pp (152pp) First published by Perma in 1956 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1956 ISBN: 978-0-140-01970-4 Blurb: A bitterly cold night offers up a body turned blue—not frozen, but swinging from a rope in a dank basement. The dead teen seems like a clear…
Book Review – THE MUGGER (1956) by Ed McBain
THE MUGGER (1956) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1987, 160pp (152pp) First published by Perma in 1956 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1956 ISBN: 978-0-140-01969-8 Blurb: He preys on women, waiting in the darkness…then comes from behind, attacks them, and snatches their purses. He tells them not to scream and as they’re on the…