MISCHIEF (1993) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Coronet, 1993, 309pp First published in 1993 © Hui Corporation, 1993 ISBN: 978-0-340-60301-1 Blurb: A punk wielding a spray can is no match for a killer armed with a gun — and a deadly aim to knock off the city’s graffiti artists. One by…
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Book Review – KISS (1992) by Ed McBain
KISS (1992) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Mandarin, 1993, 306pp First published in 1992 © Hui Corporation, 1992 ISBN: 978-0-7493-1230-5 Blurb: When a beautiful blonde tells Detective Steve Carella that her husband’s former chauffeur has made two attempts on her life, Carella immediately begins tracking her assailant — only to find…
Book Review – WIDOWS (1991) by Ed McBain
WIDOWS (1991) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Mandarin, 1992, 309pp First published in 1991 © Hui Corporation, 1991 ISBN: 978-0-7493-0774-9 Blurb: The beautiful blonde in the penthouse apartment was dead, her face and body laced with slashes from a paring knife — grisly evidence of the terrible things the city can…
Book Review – VESPERS (1990) by Ed McBain
VESPERS (1990) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Mandarin, 1991, 331pp First published in 1990 © Hui Corporation, 1990 ISBN: 978-0-7493-0596-3 Blurb: There are a lot of unspeakable things that happen in the big city, and the murder of St. Catherine’s Father Birney is one of them. For Detectives Carella and Hawes…
Book Review – TRICKS (1987) by Ed McBain
TRICKS (1987) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1988, 247pp First published in 1987 © Hui Corporation, 1987 ISBN: 978-0-3303-0541-7 Blurb: One night. One shift. No rest. Featuring the 87th Precinct’s entire cast of characters, this Halloween takes them into the darkest corners of depravity the city has to offer. And…
Book Review – POISON (1987) by Ed McBain
POISON (1987) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1987, 264pp First published in 1987 © Hui Corporation, 1987 ISBN: 978-0-3303-0080-6 Blurb: When one of your ex-boyfriends dies of poisoning, it is an unfortunate circumstance, possibly a suicide. When three go the same way, it is a disturbing pattern. The wealthy and…
Book Review – EIGHT BLACK HORSES (1985) by Ed McBain
EIGHT BLACK HORSES (1985) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1987, 267pp First published in 1985 © Hui Corporation, 1985 ISBN: 978-0-3302-9590-1 Blurb: 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…
Book Review – LIGHTNING (1984) by Ed McBain
LIGHTNING (1984) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1986, 267pp First published in 1984 © Hui Corporation, 1984 ISBN: 978-0-3302-9087-8 Blurb: The city can be a strange place, full of odd sights. Sometimes chilling sights. But nothing could prepare the detectives of the 87th Precinct for the sight of a murdered young…
Book Review – ICE (1983) by Ed McBain
ICE (1983) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1984, 288pp First published in 1983 © Hui Corporation, 1983 ISBN: 978-0-3302-8296-4 Blurb: Snow whips through the city’s streets like lethal daggers when a young actress leaves the theatre after her latest performance. She walks home instead of taking the subway, and soon…
Book Review – HEAT (1981) by Ed McBain
HEAT (1981) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1983, 204pp First published in 1981 © Hui Corporation, 1981 ISBN: 978-0-3302-6860-8 Blurb: In the middle of a stifling heat wave, why would an artist intent on committing suicide turn his air conditioning off before taking his life? That’s the question troubling…