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	Amazon.ca: The Frumious Bandersnatch: Books: Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		87th Precinct detective Steve Carella finds himself used as an errand boy by a joint FBI/police task force, while the rest of the precinct is left on ice.
		The part of the river that the kidnapping took place happens to fall under the jurisdiction of the 87th Precinct and the detective who happens to catch the call is Steve Carella.
		The case is only in the 87th Precinct's hands for a short time before the FBI become involved and takes over.
	www.amazon.ca /Frumious-Bandersnatch-Ed-McBain/dp/0743250346 (2319 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Fuzz [A Novel of the 87th Precinct] by Ed McBain
		For almost 50 years, fans of crime fiction have followed the boys of the 87th Precinct, a fictional urban police department precinct created by the novelist Evan Hunter, writing under the pseudonym Ed McBain.
		Since the first of almost 50 87th Precinct novels appeared in 1956, a rolling cast of characters in the same setting has grappled with every imaginable kind of crime.
		The detectives of the 87th Precinct are confronted with a call--obviously a crank call--that threatens the murder of the city's parks commissioner unless a ransom of $5,000 is paid.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/ebook8143.htm (999 words)

	Press Release: Nocturne by Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For the cops of the 87th Precinct, nighttime is the only time, and homicide isn't the only dangerous game in town.
		His previous 87th Precinct novel, Romance (Warner Books, 1995) prompted the Houston Post to declare him "The best crime writer in the business." Grandmaster McBain is back with Nocturne (Warner Books Hardcover; May 15, 1997; $24.00) his latest entry in the celebrated 87th Precinct series.
		Detectives Carella and Hawes of the 87th Precinct figure they have this one pegged: Obviously the victim of an attempted robbery that went horribly wrong.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/54/0446605387/press_release.html (697 words)

	Amazon.ca: Fat Ollie's Book : A Novel of the 87th Precinct: Books: Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Though he's with the 88th Precinct, and much disliked by the 87th Precinct detectives (and many readers) because of his nasty manner and blunt racist approach to life, he's still a decent detective.
		This is a typical McBain 87th precinct mystery -- two or three story threads, some day in the life information on the detectives and the sharp dialogues present in all of the nearly 60 books in this series.
		One of the greatest police procedural series is the 87th Precinct novels of the legendary Ed McBain.
	www.amazon.ca /Fat-Ollies-Book-Novel-Precinct/dp/0743202708 (1828 words)

	87th Precinct
		87th Precinct was a cop show that ran on NBC for one season.
		All four men were relatively unknown at the time they were cast, and later went on to have varying degrees of success in television and films.
		For Bob, 87th Precinct was the first of the six primetime television series in which he either starred or co-starred.
	www.robertlansing.com /id20.html (789 words)

	McBain, Ed: Nocturne: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A brand-new 87th Precinct novel from the Grand Master of suspense and author of Romance and Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear.
		But for 87th Precinct detectives Carella and Hawes, the murder of an old woman makes the wee hours anything but peaceful -- especially when they learn she was one of the greatest concert pianists of the century, long vanished.
		Meanwhile, 88th Precinct cop Fat Ollie Weeks has his own early morning nightmare: he's on the trail of three prep school boys and a crack dealer who spent the evening carving up a hooker.
	www.forbesbookclub.com /bookpage.asp?prod_cd=INK1Q (231 words)

	The Frumious Bandersnatch, Fat Ollie's Book by Ed McBain -our reviews
		Although Carella and Hawes and a few others in the 87th Precinct conduct the initial investigations, Barney Loomis, the CEO and owner of Bison Records, the label issuing Valparaiso's album, calls in the FBI.
		Weeks requests and obtains the assistance of members of the 87th Precinct since the councilman lived in their precinct.
		As Ed McBain, he is the author of the 87th Precinct novels, the longest, the most varied, and possibly the most popular crime series in the world.
	mostlyfiction.com /sleuths/mcbain.htm (3087 words)

	Large Print Reviews - Fiddlers, by Ed McBain - Book Review
		Ed McBain is the King of Police Procedural mysteries, and his 87th Precinct series set the tone for all police procedurals to follow.
		As the violinist was killed withing the confines of the 87th Precinct, so it falls upon this Precinct to take the lead in investigating all related murders, even those that technically fall outside of their purview.
		However, if you've never read any of the 87th Precinct stories before, you may want to start with some of the early books as this one presupposes that you are already familiar with the main characters and their backstory.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /emfiddlers.html (490 words)

	Amazon.de: The Last Dance (87th Precinct Mysteries (Paperback)): English Books: Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 50th novel of the 87th Precinct is one of the best, a melancholy, acerbic paean to lifeAand deathAin the fictional big city of Isola.
		I first stumbled across his 87th Precinct stories in junior high...lured in as I was by a tittilating cover of a book called "Fuzz", with a drawing of Lonie Anderson and a nude of Burt Reynolds staring boldly out at me. Hormones in turmoil, I embarrassedly checked it out of the school library.
		If you're not already a fan of the 87th Precinct, I recommend picking up ANY of his books...you won't be disappointed.
	www.amazon.de /Last-Dance-Precinct-Mysteries-Paperback/dp/0671025708 (1498 words)

	Bookreporter.com - FIDDLERS: A Novel of the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain
		We first met the dedicated, overworked detectives of the 87th back in 1956 when the war was Cold and Ike was in the White House.
		This is an 87th Precinct novel that does not miss a beat.
		And, indeed, the 87th Precinct novels will be read as long as people read mysteries.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/0151012164.asp (943 words)

	eBooks - Fuzz by Ed McBain - eReader.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For almost fifty years, fans of crime fiction have followed the boys of the 87th Precinct, a fictional urban police department precinct created by the novelist Evan Hunter, writing under the pseudonym Ed McBain.
		Since the first of almost fifty 87th Precinct novels appeared in 1956, a rolling cast of characters in the same setting has grappled with every imaginable kind of crime.
		The detectives of the 87th Precinct are confronted with a call -- obviously a crank call -- that threatens the murder of the city´s parks commissioner unless a ransom of $5,000 is paid.
	www.ereader.com /product/detail/4711 (437 words)

	Bookreporter.com - Author Profile: Ed McBain
		Thrilled that 87th Precinct Detective Steve Carella had returned for another case, Hartlaub was eager to interview the author.
		TBR: The 87th Precinct books were the basis for a popular television series in the 1960s as well as the film FUZZ, for which you also wrote the screenplay, and a number of other movies.
		TBR: Perhaps the most noteworthy nemesis of the 87th Precinct detectives has been The Deaf Man. He has been, to me, the modern equivalent for Doyle's Professor Moriarity, a diabolical genius who is a brilliant and more than worthy adversary of his moral, if occasionally flawed, protagonists.
	www.bookreporter.com /authors/au-mcbain-ed.asp (1870 words)

	Amazon.com: Ax (87th Precinct Mystery): Books: Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I like the 87th Precinct series very much and will continue to read them, however, wish this could have been solved by them and not handed to them.
		The murder and mayhem of the 87th made a nice change from the cold showers, buggery and beatings we had become accustomed to.
		This is one of the shortest --- and one of the weaker --- books in the 87th Precinct series, which McBain has been writing since 1956 and is approaching 50 volumes.
	www.amazon.com /Ax-87th-Precinct-Mystery-McBain/dp/0451164075 (1356 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Money, Money, Money (87th Precinct): Books: Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer and Fat Ollie Weeks have been working the 87th Precinct for more than 40 years, but they're still the top dicks in town for devotees of Ed McBain's absorbing police procedurals, of which Money, Money, Money is one.
		When a pretty, red-haired, ex-military pilot is killed, the boys in blue blunder around for a few chapters before they unmask her secret life as a drug courier.
		That he has kept this series going for so long without tricking up the plots, turning his characters into stereotypes or sacrificing their humanity is a tribute to his authorial gifts: expert pacing, sharp-edged dialogue, authenticity, wit and confidence.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Money-87th-Precinct/dp/0575071516 (867 words)

	Amazon.com: Cop Hater (87th Precinct Mysteries (Paperback)): Books: Ed McBain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 87th Precint series is unique in its ability to deftly combine the police procedural narrative technique with excellent characterization.
		Another is the precinct commander, an out-of-it old-timer named Frick who "was a tired man when he was 20" and shrugs his way through the violence around him.
		I haven't read these 87th Precinct novels in any kind of order, but...this one is certainly well done and although it was written nearly 50 years ago, it's a great start.
	www.amazon.com /Hater-87th-Precinct-Mysteries-Paperback/dp/0671775472 (1893 words)

	Nocturne : A Novel of the 87th Precinct - Ed McBain
		Nocturne : A Novel of the 87th Precinct - Ed McBain
		Like a concert grand under the hands of a virtuoso, Nocturne sounds a multitude of moods and notes in a discordant melody -- where only some of the victims are innocent, and only some of the victimizers are criminals, and the final chord will resound long after the tale is told.
		Ed McBain, author of the 87th Precinct and Matthew Hope mystery novels, is one of America's most prodigious and popular novelists.
	www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/274395.html (348 words)

	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave
		Rape and homicide cases pile up in the 87th Precinct on one of the hottest summers on record.
		Fortunately a collection of well-trained detectives are on hand to look into the case, but when it transpires that all the women getting raped have all suffered the crime once before in their lives, some tricky questions are raised as to who the perpetrator may be.
		• Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave at Rotten Tomatoes
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/ed_mcbains_87th_precinct_heatwave (375 words)

	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave \| DVDs \| MTV Movies
		Inspired by Evan Hunter's popular "87th Precinct" novels (written under Hunter's nom de plume, Ed McBain), this made-for-TV thriller features most of Hunter's familiar recurring characters, among them detectives Meyer Meyer (Paul Ben-Victor) and Steve Carella (Dale Midkiff), as well as Carella's deaf-mute wife, Teddy (Andrea Ferrell).
		Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave made its ABC network bow on January 12, 1997.
		Not only is the teeming metropolis of Isola in the grips of its worst heat wave in history, but the city is also in the thrall of a serial rapist who is targeting his previous victims.
	www.mtv.com /movies/dvd/54665/dvdmain.jhtml (374 words)

	Blish Product: The Last Dance: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The hanging death of a nondescript old man in a shabby little apartment in a meager section of the 87th Precinct was nothing much in this city, especially to detectives Carella and Meyer.
		The Last Dance is Ed McBain's fiftieth novel of the 87th Precinct and certainly one of his best.
		The series began in 1956 with Cop Hater and proves him to be the man who has been called "so good he should be arrested".
	www.blish.com /Product/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=9633 (242 words)

	Ed McBain 87th Precinct - Novels, Mysteries, Audio Cassettes, Bio
		Widely Credited with being the inventor of the modern police procedural, Ed McBain/Evan Hunter published his first 87th Precinct novel, Cop Hater, in 1956.
		Though he insists that Isola, the gritty city in all his Precinct novels--there are now more than 50--is imaginary, everyone knows he is writing about his hometown: Manhattan.
		Not only are his police dramas based on years of primary research riding in patrol cars and visiting morgues, cop bars, and squad rooms, the authenticity of his locale is clearly a product of intense personal familiarity.
	www.aceswebworld.com /87thprecinctmysteries1.html (352 words)

	Mischief : A Novel of the 87th Precinct - Ed McBain
		Mischief : A Novel of the 87th Precinct - Ed McBain
		In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood.
		Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and the eight-seven with riddling clues for solving a crime - or crimes - not yet committed.
	www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/947616.html (246 words)

	87th Precinct - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The series focuses on the detectives of the 87th Precinct, and although different detectives will "star" in different novels, most 87th novels feature a significant, if not a star role for Detective Stephen Louis "Steve" Carella.
		"Fat Ollie"), a central character in several 87th Precinct novels even though he was in fact on the squad of the neighbouring 88th Precinct.
		Another recurring character was the Deaf Man, a Professor Moriarty-like criminal mastermind who enjoyed plotting elaborate crimes, and who appeared in 6 novels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/87th_Precinct (587 words)

	Large Print Reviews - The Empty Hours, by Ed McBain - Book Review
		The Empty Hours is a collection of three outstanding 87th Precinct Mystery novelettes by the master of the Police Procural, Ed McBain.
		These thrilling mysteries are taken directly from the vault of the 87th Police Precinct in New York City and they have the same feel as McBain's full length novels.
		It falls to Steve Carella and Cotton Hawes, two of the detectives of the 87th Precinct, to discover who killed her, and why she was living in such squalid conditions when she had the money to live a more genteel life.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /emptyhour.html (420 words)

	McBain's Mysteries
		The men of the 87th Precinct have been around since the late 50s, with very little aging.
		The latest 87th Precinct novel includes all of our old friends, from Carella to Fat Ollie Weeks to Danny the Gimp.
		I only hope that this is not the last dance of the 87, they are such good friends it would be a shame for them to leave us.
	www.bright.net /~tomb/reviews/mcbain.html (564 words)

	87th Precinct TV Show - 87th Precinct Television Show - TV.com
		87th Precinct TV Show - 87th Precinct Television Show - TV.com
		Police drama based on a series of detective novels by Ed McBain that featured Detective Steve Carella (played by Robert Lansing) who worked at the 87th Precinct in the fictional city of Isola, along with a line-up of typical police detectives, such as the rookie and the seasoned old-timer.
		Tell the world what you think of 87th Precinct, write a review for this show.
	www.tv.com /87th-precinct/show/1918/summary.html (191 words)

	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice \| DVDs \| MTV Movies
		This made-for-TV cop drama was the second in a series of films inspired by the best-selling "87th Precinct" novels, written by Ed McBain under the nom de plume of Evan Hunter.
		The major American metropolis of Isola (it's actually Toronto, as indicated by several familiar landmarks) is in the grip of its coldest and iciest winter in recent memory -- and the men of the 87th precinct are themselves gripped by the determination to solve a baffling murder.
		Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice originally aired over NBC on February 18, 1996.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/252883/dvds.jhtml (200 words)

	Ed McBain: Privileged Conversation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fat Ollie's Book is one of the more humorous of the 87th Precinct stories, giving full exposure to Weeks' propensity for bigotry.
		There's humor in all of my 87th Precinct novels, but certainly not as much as in this one, which I deliberately set out to make very funny.
		I think what accounts for my good mood (and subsequent humor in the novels) these days is my recent marriage (I still think of it as recent, though we just celebrated our fifth anniversary) to a wonderful woman who makes me very, very happy.
	www.januarymagazine.com /features/mcbainrainone.html (1241 words)

	Fiddlers:A Novel of the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain from Harcourt Trade Publishers
		Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile.
		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 out walking her dog--these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face with a Glock.
		Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find what the victims' had in common before another body is found.
	www.harcourtbooks.com /bookcatalogs/bookpages/9780156032780.asp (235 words)

	Archived Entry - 02/11/2006: "Book review: Hark! An 87th Precinct Mystery"
		The bad news is Ed McBain died of cancer on July 7th, 2005 at the age of 78.
		The point is that you 87th Precinct devotees shouldn't expect any more new releases from Ed McBain in the coming year, unless he left a few "canned" novels on tape or notes for new books, to be transcribed, written into book form and released at regular intervals.
		Anyway, this novel is the 54th in the 87th Precinct series, starring the same old gang: Meyer Meyer, Burt Kling, Cotton Hawes, Steve Carella, et al.
	liheliso.com /buzz/archive/00000537.htm (830 words)

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