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Published January 1, 2015
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Ed McBain
712 books669 followers"Ed McBain" is one of the pen names of American author and screenwriter Salvatore Albert Lombino (1926-2005), who legally adopted the name
Evan Hunter
in 1952.
While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.
He also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Dean Hudson, Evan Hunter, and Richard Marsten.
While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.
He also used the pen names John Abbott, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Dean Hudson, Evan Hunter, and Richard Marsten.
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July 31, 2023
Ed McBain... the prince of police procedurals. A highly involved and at the same time sad story. Carella's father- a baker- is murdered by two ex-con crackheads in a late night robbery. It didn't occur in the 87th precinct and Carella must rely on the boys from another station to solve the case. But he and his partner Brown must solve a quadruple murder that killed a prominent city lawyer, his mistress, his wife and his ex-wife... and his dog, a Labrador retriever named Amos. Everyone suspects the killer will try to kill his two daughters as well. Time is running out.
Meanwhile Carella's sister is pregnant and her husband- unbeknownst to anyone- has become a cokehead. But Angela thinks he has a mistress and Carella must find out- one way or the other- on his off duty time.
It all comes to a head when the crackheads hold a hostage and Eileen- Kling's estranged girlfriend- must negotiate the situation. Carella shows restraint at the end- as we all know a good cop would.
Meanwhile Carella's sister is pregnant and her husband- unbeknownst to anyone- has become a cokehead. But Angela thinks he has a mistress and Carella must find out- one way or the other- on his off duty time.
It all comes to a head when the crackheads hold a hostage and Eileen- Kling's estranged girlfriend- must negotiate the situation. Carella shows restraint at the end- as we all know a good cop would.
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