Synopses & Reviews
"The amazing thing about these stories . . . is how strong and clear the voice isas if the man himself were still in the room."Marilyn Stasio,
The New York Times Book Review
DISCOVER THE STORIES THAT TAUGHT ED MCBAIN TO KILL
One of the most prolific and admired writers of crime fiction in the world . . . McBain could not write a bad line.”New York Daily News
McBain was a master, and his tales of the city are timeless.”The Washington Post
McBain dissects police procedures with the precision of a brain surgeon.”Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
McBain is the true king of American dialogue.”The Atlantic Monthly
McBain . . . virtually invented the modern police procedural.”Associated Press
McBain has a great approach, great attitude, terrific style, strong plots, excellent dialogue, sense of place, and sense of reality.”Elmore Leonard
ED McBAIN (1926-2005) held the Mystery Writers of Americas prestigious Grand Master Award and was the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Associations highest award.
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"Demonstrates the evolution of a craftsman who became one of the most . . . admired crime writers of the past century."
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"A minor classic of its kind."
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"Gripping . . . a must for fans who want to see how the master honed his skills."
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"A treasure for McBain's legions of fans, letting us peek over his shoulder as he painstakingly studies and practices his craft . . . fascinating."
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"The amazing thing about these stories . . . is how strong and clear the voice is—as if the man himself were still in the room."
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PRAISE FOR LEARNING TO KILL"Gripping . . . a must for fans who want to see how the master honed his skills."PEOPLE"The amazing thing about these stories . . . is how strong and clear the voice isas if the man himself were still in the room."MARILYN STASIO, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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"Each tale anticipates McBains wildly successful ‘87th Precinct novels in a different way."
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"A minor classic of its kind."
Village Voice
Synopsis
Ed McBain made his debut in 1956. In 2004, more than a hundred books later, he personally collected twenty-five of his stories written before that time. All but five of them were first published in the detective magazine Manhunt and none of them appeared under the Ed McBain byline.Here are kids in trouble and women in jeopardy. Here are private eyes and gangs. Here are loose cannons and innocent bystanders. Here, too, are cops and robbers. These are the stories that prepared Ed McBain to write the beloved 87th Precinct novels. In individual introductions, McBain tells how and why he wrote these stories that were the start of his legendary career.
Synopsis
PRAISE FOR ED MCBAIN
"One of the most prolific and admired writers of crime fiction in the world . McBain could not write a bad line. He owned every inch of turf in his world, where the law worked because, for all their flaws, his characters cared about justice, and where the moral order prevailed because good, for all its ambiguities, trumped evil."—New York Daily News
"One of the greatest American crime writers . his tales of the city are timeless."—The Washington Post
"McBain—if not the father, at least the godfather of the police procedural genre—created a body of work unique in American fiction both in quantity and in quality."—San Diego Union Tribune
"McBain has a great approach, great attitude, terrific style, strong plots, excellent dialogue, sense of place, and sense of reality."—Elmore Leonard
"Ed McBain is a master. He is a superior stylist, a spinner of artfully designed and sometimes macabre plots."—Newsweek
Synopsis
PRAISE FOR ED MCBAIN
"One of the most prolific and admired writers of crime fiction in the world . . . McBain could not write a bad line. He owned every inch of turf in his world, where the law worked because, for all their flaws, his characters cared about justice, and where the moral order prevailed because good, for all its ambiguities, trumped evil."—New York Daily News
"One of the greatest American crime writers . . . his tales of the city are timeless."—The Washington Post
"McBain—if not the father, at least the godfather of the police procedural genre—created a body of work unique in American fiction both in quantity and in quality."—San Diego Union Tribune
"McBain has a great approach, great attitude, terrific style, strong plots, excellent dialogue, sense of place, and sense of reality."—Elmore Leonard
"Ed McBain is a master. He is a superior stylist, a spinner of artfully designed and sometimes macabre plots."—Newsweek
Synopsis
Ed McBain made his debut in 1956. In 2004, more than a hundred books later, he personally collected twenty-five of his stories written before that time. All but five of them were first published in the detective magazine Manhunt and none of them appeared under the Ed McBain byline. Here are kids in trouble and women in jeopardy. Here are private eyes and gangs. Here are loose cannons and innocent bystanders. Here, too, are cops and robbers. These are the stories that prepared Ed McBain to write the beloved 87th Precinct novels. In individual introductions, McBain tells how and why he wrote these stories that were the start of his legendary career.
About the Author
ED McBAIN holds the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Grand Master Award and was the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers' Association's highest award. The author of more than one hundred books, he lives in Connecticut.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
KIDS
First Offense
Kid Kill
See Him Die Women in Jeopardy
The Molested
Carreras Woman
Dummy Private Eyes
Good and Dead
Death Flight
Kiss Me, Dudley
Cops and Robbers
Small Homicide
Still Life
Accident Report
Chinese Puzzle
The Big Day
Innocent Bystanders
Runaway
Downpour
Eye Witness
Every Morning
The Innocent One
Loose Cannons
Chalk
Association Test
Bedbug
The Merry Merry Christmas
Gangs
On the Sidewalk, Bleeding
The Last Spin
Afterword
Bibliography