Books by Ed McBain
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The Spiked Heel
A struggle for control of a shoe company becomes a battle between good and evil in this corporate thriller by the author of the 87th Precinct series. For three generations, footwear company Julian Kahn has been synonymous... See More
Even the Wicked
A man brings his daughter to Martha's Vineyard to uncover the truth about her mother's death in this suspense novel by master of crime fiction Ed McBain. For the first time since their daughter was born, Zachary and Mary... See More
A Matter of Conviction
A racially charged murder pushes a mild-mannered district attorney to the brink in this gritty legal thriller by the author of the 87th Precinct series. After an intense heat wave, storms threaten to blanket New York... See More
Murder in the Navy
A visiting nurse is found murdered aboard a US Navy destroyer in this gripping mystery from the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. When Claire Cole meets a sailor at the hospital, he's just another enlisted... See More
Criminal Conversation
An assistant district attorney launches a one-man crusade against the Mafia in this legal thriller from the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. The call comes from Narcotics, Manhattan South. A low-level drug... See More
Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries Book 52)
This lively novel -- the fifty-second in the award-winning 87th Precinct series -- follows the exploits of Ed McBain's most beloved and foul-mouthed detective, Fat Ollie Weeks. All at once, Fat Ollie Weeks had a truly... See More
Vanishing Ladies
A vacationing police detective stumbles upon a human-trafficking ring that threatens his fiancée in this thriller by the author of the 87th Precinct series. Phil Colby is just cruising into Sullivan's Corners when the... See More
The Mugger (87th Precinct Book 2)
This mugger is special. 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 ground, reeling with pain and fear... See More
Fuzz (87th Precinct Mysteries)
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... See More
Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct Book 6)
It's like an old-time gangster movie: a speeding car, a blazing gun... and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders. But who pulled the... See More
Fiddlers: A Novel (87th Precinct Mysteries Book 55)
A police detective hunts for a pattern in a puzzling murder spree in this mystery by "a master" (Time). A blind violinist taking a smoke break. A cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen. A college... See More
Killer's Wedge (87th Precinct Book 7)
Her name is Virginia Dodge. And she's here to kill Detective Steve Carella. An ordinary day at the 87th Precinct is about to take a turn for the worse when Dodge shows up to put a bullet in Carella's head. And she doesn't... See More
See Them Die (87th Precinct Book 13)
"Kill me if you can." Local thug Pepe Miranda's open challenge to the police has pushed July's heat to a boiling point. His latest crime elevated him to the top of the 87th Precinct's most wanted list, and now his dare is... See More
Goldilocks (A Matthew Hope Mystery Book 1)
Goldilocks, the other woman. She didn't have to be a blonde. She could have had hair as black as midnight, eyes as pale as alabaster. But she'd always be Goldilocks, stealing into your home, taking what she wanted as her... See More
Killer's Choice (87th Precinct Book 5)
Annie Boone is dead. She was shot four times in the chest, pieces of the liquor store's windows spread over her body like raindrops from a lethal storm. For 87th Precinct Detectives Carella, Kling, and newcomer Hawes, even... See More
'Til Death (87th Precinct Book 9)
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 her brother can't figure out which man on the guest list has come to... See More
King’s Ransom (87th Precinct Book 10)
For a wealthy businessman, a kidnapping puts him in a predicament as troubling as any he has ever experienced. For Detective Steve Carella and the men at the 87th Precinct, their troubles are even worse. Their only hope is... See More
The McBain Brief: Stories
From the internationally admired creator of the 87TH Precinct series come these tales featuring policemen and their work and displaying Ed McBain's inimitable talents in shorter form... In this collection of short stories... See More
Every Little Crook and Nanny
A nanny will go to any length to save a kidnapped Mafia prince in this madcap mobster farce by the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. Her name is Nanny, and she's the most cutthroat woman in New York. Prim... See More
Hark!: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries Book 54)
Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future crime -- if only they can... See More
Learning to Kill: Stories
A "gripping" collection of crime stories from the author of the acclaimed 87th Precinct novels (People). Ed McBain's 87th Precinct is "perhaps the finest police procedural series of all time" (Publishers Weekly). But... See More
Beauty and the Beast (A Matthew Hope Mystery Book 3)
Matthew Hope is a divorce lawyer in the town of Calusa, Florida, where the Gulf waters are warm and the women on the beach topless. One such woman, Michelle Benois Harper -- a striking beauty with cascading black hair... See More
So Long As You Both Shall Live (87th Precinct Book 31)
Detective Bert Kling has had some rough luck with women. First his fiancée Cindy Townsend was gunned down in an infamous bookstore shooting. Then there was Cindy Forrest, who informed him one day that she was in love with a... See More
The Pusher (87th Precinct Book 3)
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 case of suicide, but Detective Steve Carella and Lieutenant Peter Byrnes find a... See More
A Horse's Head
The author of the 87th Precinct series presents a riotous story of the gamblers, mobsters, and other colorful characters who hang around Aqueduct Racetrack. Andrew Mullaney has the money to get to Aqueduct Racetrack, but... See More
Rumpelstiltskin (A Matthew Hope Mystery Book 2)
When Victoria Miller and her backing band, Wheat, broke out with a string of gold records in the sixties, the sultry chanteuse seemed shy of crowds, refusing to perform in public. Years after her last success, Victoria makes... See More