Ed,
Re your question below:
"Does anyone have reading favorites of Ed McBain's 87th
precinct series?"
THE HECKLER, the first of the sub-series featuring the master
crimina known as "The Deaf Man."
In fact, it's the only one of that sub-series that really
works for me. A Moriarty/Fu Manchu figure doesn't really fit
into the naturalistic world of he police procedural, but in
THE HECKLER McBain brings it off masterfully. For those of
you who like caper novels like THE ASPHALT JUNGLE or CLEAN
BREAK, THE HECKLER effectively combines the two sub-genres.
The
"Deaf Man" sequels, such as FUZZ, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF
MAN, EIGHT BLACK HORSES, etc., are less successful.
I also like THE PUSHER, the first in the series I ever read,
COP HATER, the first in the series period, SEE THEM DIE, a
whole novel built around a "barricaded suspect" situation
years before SWAT, and KING'S RANSOM, which became the
excellent Japanese cop film HIGH AND LOW.
JIM DOHERTY
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