Ed mcbain was the first american to receive the diamond dagger, the british crime writers associations highest award. Ed mcbain is the pseudonym prolific american novelist evan hunter 19262005 is perhaps best known as. I like em tough short stories, 1958 as curt cannon. I have no idea what i find so appealing about ed mcbains books, but i have yet to find one i dont really like. Here are the ed mcbain books in his series and his stand alone novels in publication order. And his last novel, fiddlers, which was actually part of the 87th precinct collection was published in 2005, the year he passed away. The worlds only podcast dedicated to ed mcbain s 87th precinct novels. This is one of the best of over 50 87th precinct novels by the late ed mcbain. See more ideas about ed mcbain, crime fiction and novels.
Despite being distinctly difficult to like, fat ollie does get results. The 87th precinct book series by multiple authors includes books cop hater. Ed mcbain has 336 books on goodreads with 144922 ratings. After a twoyear gap ed mcbain returned to the cops of the eight. Ed mcbain is the pseudonym for the american author evan hunter, who passed away in 2005. Ed mcbain was one of the many pen names of the successful and prolific crime fiction author evan hunter 1926 2005. Despite being an american, ed mcbain s work was often adapted to films in other countries. I would highly recommend this book or any of mcbain s novels to anyone who enjoys modern crime novels or police procedural stories.
Evan hunter novel as ed mcbain, larry cohen teleplay. Ive been a fan of mcbains books for over a quarter of a century and i reread this one while recuperating from an illness. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice. Born salvatore lambino in new york, mcbain served aboard a destroyer in the us navy during world war ii and then earned a degree from hunter college in english and psychology. While successful and well known as evan hunter, he was even better known as ed mcbain. Born salvatore albert lombino, he legally adopted the name evan hunter in 1952. Author ed mcbains complete list of books and series in order, with the latest. Lot of 14 pb vintage ed mcbain books great variety. Throughout his life, ed mcbain continued to write successful novels. Hes a good writer and has some interesting characters, and i understand these characters repeat in other 87th precinct books. Find authors like ed mcbain from the worlds largest community of readers. Besides hunter and mcbain, he also used several other pseudonyms, including richard marsten, hunt collins, curt cannon, ezra hannon and. The 87th precinct is a series of police procedural novels and stories written by ed mcbain. Reading the book was like a visit with old friends.
Ice is more ambitious but as a result not quite as taut or successful. Ive been a fan of mcbain s books for over a quarter of a century and i reread this one while recuperating from an illness. The 87th precinct books never have much in the way of chases, which is a. He also holds the mystery writers of americas coveted grand master award, and received an edgar award nomination for his novel money, money, money. Like love sci fi books, my books, ed mcbain, lending library, pulp. Its hard to see why the ed mcbain books about the 87th precinct have been. Ed mcbain october 15, 1926 july 6, 2005 was an american author and screenwriter. He was born salvatore lombino in new york city and had his name legally changed to evan hunter in 1952.
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