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    1. 87th Precinct Mysteries: Book 47

      Nocturne (1997)

      by Ed McBain

      Detectives Carella and Hawes of the 87th Precinct investigate the murder of an elderly woman, once one of the greatest concert pianists of the century, while 88th Precinct cop Fat Ollie Weeks trails three prep-school boys and a crack dealer responsible for a vicious attack on a prostitute. (learn more about this book)

    1. Death Flight (1997)

      by Ed McBain

      Milt Davis is way out of his league--he thinks. The FBI solves plane crashes, not small-time private eyes. Then he's shot at, beat up, and caught in a lie by the one person he'd like to know better. But the dark truth is emerging. And now Milt knows he's on familiar territory--between men, women... (learn more about this book)

    1. Matthew Hope: Book 12

      Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996)

      by Ed McBain

      The twelfth novel in the immensely popular series featuring Matthew Hope follows the Florida detective on a case of murder, pornography, and high-seas piracy off the Gulf Coast that begins as a simple case of copyright infringement. (learn more about this book)

    1. 87th Precinct Mysteries: Book 46

      Romance (1995)

      by Ed McBain

      In the forty-sixth installment in the best-selling, critically acclaimed series, detective Bert Kling brings the curtain down on a Broadway play about an actress who is slain.

      Romance is the name of a new play opening uptown--a play about an actress who gets stabbed. But when the lead... (learn more about this book)

    1. Matthew Hope: Book 11

      There Was a Little Girl (1994)

      by Ed McBain

      When Matthew Hope is nearly killed in a Florida shooting, his best friends carefully retrace his steps in a desperate attempt to discover who wants him dead and find clues in a traveling circus, a midget's murder, and a Florida land deal. Reprint. (learn more about this book)

    1. 87th Precinct Mysteries: Book 45

      Mischief (1993)

      by Ed McBain

      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 one, the young scribblers are found murdered, maliciously coated with paint and blood. Detective Steve Carella can't see the writing on the wall -- yet.... (learn more about this book)

    1. Matthew Hope: Book 10

      Mary, Mary (1993)

      by Ed McBain

      Florida criminal attorney Matthew Hope defends Mary Barton, a retired schoolteacher accused of mutilating and killing three girls and then burying them in her garden. 50,000 first printing. Mystery Guild Main. Lit Guild & Doubleday Alt. Tour. (learn more about this book)

    1. Three Complete 87th Precinct Novels: Tricks, Ice, 8 Black Horses (1992)

      by Ed McBain

      Three fast-moving, best-selling police thrillers-- Tricks, Ice, and 8 Black Horses --from among the more than thirty in his career, explain the unfailing popularity of this best-selling author. (learn more about this book)

    1. 87th Precinct Mysteries: Book 44

      Kiss (1992)

      by Ed McBain

      Certain that someone is trying to kill her, Emma Bowles turns to another killer for protection, and only a dedicated cop trapped in a defective legal system can save her. Reprint. NYT. (learn more about this book)

    1. 87th Precinct Mysteries: Book 43

      Widows (1991)

      by Ed McBain

      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 do to pretty young women. What sordid web of money, sex, and greed had ensnared Susan Brauer? The stack of unsigned erotic... (learn more about this book)