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Sep 8, 2014 · Some form romantic entanglements, and others have marital problems, financial struggles, and so on. Where there are good guys, there must be villains too and McBain conjured up a regular band of snivelling informants, petty criminals, deranged killers and murderous spouses.
Apr 22, 2019 · Warning: This article contains spoilers relating to characters and events in the 87th Precinct series from 1956 to 1966, between Cop Hater and Eighty Million Eyes. Where possible, however, every effort has been made not to link events to specific story titles or plot points.
Dec 8, 2017 · Killer’s Payoff (1958) – Arthur Brown made his first appearance here for an under-valued entry that offers a particularly crafty plot. Killer’s Wedge (1959) – the great versatility of the 87th Precinct mysteries is well on display with two plots: a siege at the station and a John Dickson Carr style locked room mystery.
Jul 13, 2017 · I-talians, Latinos, and various ambiguously accented characters were joined by Asian characters played by certifiably Asian actors — hardly a sure bet in 1961 and 1962; as late as 1964, Marlo ...
The 87th Precinct is a series of police procedural novels and stories by American author Ed McBain (a writing pseudonym of Evan Hunter). McBain's 87th Precinct works have been adapted, sometimes loosely, into movies and television on several occasions.
Jul 7, 2011 · I wonder how Robinson would have explained the exuberantly tawdry “Give the Boys a Great Big Hand,” a midseason episode in which the boys of the precinct do indeed receive a hand . . . in a box.)
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Jul 9, 2005 · The fictional 87th Precinct actually became a television series in 1961, but lasted only one season. Detective novels, like any literary genre, reflect their times.
