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Ed McBain's last installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial...

All at once, Fat Ollie Weeks had a truly brilliant idea... But as any 'real' writer could tell yo...

The kidnapping was audacious, and there were plenty of witnesses... But no one attending the dazz...

It is Christmas in the city, but it isn't the giving season. A retired Gulf War pilot, a careless...

Ed McBain made his debut in 1956. In 2004, more than a hundred books later, he personally collect...

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Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear

Douglas King has a king-sized problem. His chauffeur's son has been kidnapped. If he pays the ran...

All the boys at the 87th Precinct had been kidding Bert Kling about kidnapping the bride on her w...

The summer heat is sweltering. Tempers are rising. When the watchman in a warehouse filled with i...

Lady, Lady, I Did It!