With crooks to cuff and pimps to put behind bars, detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct simply don't have the time or patience to deal with a prank caller?even if he has phoned murder threats to two dozen local shop owners. What they fail to realize, however, is they aren't dealing with [...]

With crooks to cuff and pimps to put behind bars, detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct simply don t have the time or patience to deal with a prank caller even if he has phoned murder threats to two dozen local shop owners. What they fail to realize, however, is they aren t dealing with [...]

Christmas is coming. But erudite attorney Gerry Fletcher got his present early: his wife's body with a knife buried in it. Though he shamelessly cops to being happy she's dead, his alibi is airtight and all signs point to a burglary gone bad. But even when detectives Steve Carella and Bert Kling fol[...]

Steve Carella does not fit the picture of a big city detective. Well mannered and the consummate professional, he lacks the rough-hewn edges of the men who devote their lives to fighting crime on the streets. But there is one thing that tears him up?one thing that drives him to the edge of his much [...]

When a calypso singer and a prostitute are murdered with the same gun, Detectives Carella and Meyer descend into the murky world of sex and sadism to find a killer on the loose. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of [...]

A killer in the 87th Precinct is leaving behind severed hands as calling cards, putting Detectives Carella and Hawes back on the streets to end this murderous, gruesome streak. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of M[...]

At midnight, one day dies as another comes to life. For the men of the 87th Precinct, they all bleed together in a never-ending cycle of crime and punishment. But every now and then, a day stands out as more unusual than the others. This is one of those days. Carella and Hawes investigate a murder; [...]

During a sweltering heat wave, Detectives Carella and Kling try to make sense of an artist who turned off his air conditioning to commit suicide ? but Kling has an even deadlier problem on his hands. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and y[...]

A piece of a torn picture in the hand of a dead man puts the detectives of the 87th Precinct on the trail of $750,000 missing from a six-year-old bank heist. Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain's grand, ongo[...]

A woman holds the entire 87th Precinct hostage with a homemade bomb and loaded handgun, but her only real target is none other than Detective Steve Carella. McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet?even those we thought we already knew.? ? New York Times Book Review The 87th Pre[...]

When a bodyguard is hired to protect a successful businessman s wife, the detectives of the 87th Precinct are brought in to investigate why she has two near-fatal accidents on his watch. The 87th Precinct is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century. Pete Hamill, Newsday M[...]

During the heat of an Indian summer, a quadruple homicide that includes among its victims the fianc?e of an 87th Precinct detective sets off a desperate, vendetta-like hunt for the killer. McBain has the ability to make every character believable ? which few writers these days can do.? ?Associated P[...]

Suspicious deaths signal the arrival of springtime for the men at the 87th Precinct as they work on solving a suspicious double-suicide?and the nuances of love. The 87th Precinct is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.? ? Pete Hamill, Newsday McBain has the ability t[...]