87th Precinct mysteries
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2. The mugger
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"A beat cop winds up on the trail of a deadly mugger, but when it suddenly gets personal, his own life might be the next thing to be snatched"--Back cover.
3. The pusher
4. The con man
5. Killer's choice
6. Killer's payoff
7. Killer's wedge
8. Lady killer
9. 'Til death
10. King's ransom
11. Give the boys a great big hand
12. The heckler
13. See them die: an 87th precinct mystery
14. Lady, lady, I did it!: An 87th precinct inner sanctum mystery
15. The empty hours
16. Like love
17. Ten plus one
18. Ax
19. He who hesitates
20. Doll: an 87th precinct novel
21. Eighty million eyes
22. Fuzz
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Police hunt for a perp who's picking off politicians in this "triumph" ( Chicago Sun-Times ). The detectives of the 87th Precinct have gotten a call threatening the life of the city's parks commissioner unless a five-thousand-dollar ransom is paid. It seems like an obvious crank call. The deadline soon passes—and the parks commissioner is shot in the head as he leaves a concert. Soon, another anonymous warning follows and the deputy mayor...
23. Shotgun
24. Jigsaw: an 87th precinct mystery
25. Hail, hail, the gang's all here
26. Sadie when she died
27. Let's hear it for the deaf man
28. Hail to the chief
29. Bread
30. Blood relatives: an 87th precinct mystery
32. Long time no see
33. Calypso
35. Heat
37. Lightning
39. Poison
42. Vespers
43. Widows
44. Kiss
45. Mischief
46. And all through the house
47. Romance
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51.
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It is Christmas in the city, but it isn't the giving season. A retired Gulf War pilot, a careless second-story man, a pair of angry Mexicans, and an equally shady pair of Secret Service agents are in town after a large stash of money, and no one is interested in sharing.The detectives at the 87th are already busy for the holidays. Steve Carella and Fat Ollie Weeks catch the squeal when the lions in the city zoo get an unauthorized feeding of a young...
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52.
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Murders happen every day in the big bad city. They're not such a big deal, you know. Even when the victim is a city councilman as well-known as Lester Henderson. But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the...
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It should have been the night that launched a new pop idol. Tamar Valparaiso is young and beautiful, with the body and voice of an angel. The stage is set for her to launch her debut album, Bandersnatch, on a luxury yacht in the heart of the city. But halfway through her performance, masked men drag Tamar off the stage and into a waiting speedboat, while the partygoers look on helplessly. Detective Steve Carella is just showing up for the graveyard...
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54.
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Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future crime -- if only they can figure out what he means. The 87th Precinct gets a visit from one of the city's most accomplished criminals -- a thief known as the Deaf Man. Because he might be deaf. Or he might not. So little is known about the man who is harassing...
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55.
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4 stars
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A police detective hunts for a pattern in a puzzling murder spree in this mystery by "a master" ( Time ). A blind violinist taking a smoke break. A cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen. A college professor trudging home from class. A priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden. An old woman walking her dog. These are the seemingly random targets, all shot twice in the face. But most serial killers don't use guns....