Books by Ed McBain

The Mugger (2012)
"Clifford thanks you, Madam", he said, bowing from the waist. Then the mugger vanished into the nigh...

Hark! (2004)
Setting out to avenge himself after being left for dead in Mischief, the Deaf Man plants a string of...

The Frumious Bandersnatch (2004)
The 53rd novel of McBain's series featuring the battle-hardened cops of the 87th Precinct finds Care...

Nocturne (1998)
87th Precinct detectives Carella and Hawes investigate the murder of an old woman who had once grace...

Vespers (1991)
An unpopular Catholic priest in a racially divided section of town is found brutally murdered, a cri...

The Gutter and the Grave (2005)
Ex-detective and current Bowery bum Matt Cordell investigates a double homicide involving a beautifu...

Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996)
Lainie Commins, a freelance designer of children's toys, hires attorney Matthew Hope for a lawsuit a...

Ice (1996)
Ice coats the streets where the rapist prowls. Ice spills from the pockets of a dead diamond dealer....

The Con Man (2012)
When a young woman's body is fished out of the 87th Precinct's river, a street-wise detective is on ...

Jigsaw (2012)
From McBain's classic files of the fictional 87th Precinct comes this tale of a game the cops are fo...

So Nude, So Dead (2015)
He d been a promising piano prodigy, once. Now he was just an addict, scraping to get by, letting hi...

Alice in Jeopardy (2005)
When her children are stolen by a kidnapper who demands her late husband's life insurance premiums i...

The Big Bad City (1999)
In this city, you have to pay attention. In this city, things are happening all the time, all over t...

Eighty Million Eyes (2012)
A comedian dies on national television in front of forty million viewers, and the detectives of the ...

Doll (1997)
A model is slashed to death and irascible investigator Bert Kling disappears while on the case, leav...

King's Ransom (1981)
When the son of wealthy Douglas King's chauffeur is kidnapped and the ransom for the boy could ruin ...

Mischief (2003)
Investigating a series of cryptic murders in the worst section of the city, detective Steve Carella ...