Ed McBain: Cop Hater

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (USA 2012)

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The first book in the legendary 87th precinct series
As a cop with the city's famed 87th Precinct, Steve Carella has seen it all. Or so he thinks. Because nothing can prepare him for the sight that greets him on a sweltering July night: fellow detective Mike Reardon's dead body splayed across the sidewalk, his face blown away by a .45.

Days later, Reardon's partner is found dead, a .45-caliber bullet buried deep in his chest. Only a fool would call it a coincidence, and Carella's no fool. He chalks the whole ugly mess up to a grudge killing... until a third murder shoots that theory to hell. Armed with only a single clue, Carella delves deep into the city's underbelly, launching a grim search for answers that will lead him from a notorious brothel to the lair of a beautiful, dangerous widow. He won't stop until he finds the truth -- or until the next bullet finds him.

The debut novel from EdMcBain's gritty 87th Precinct series, Cop Hater was hailed by the New York Times as "the best of today's procedural school of police stories -- lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful, and wholly satisfactory."

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. An 87th Precinct Novel. Thomas & Mercer / Amazon Publ., ISBN: 9781612183701 (May, 2012), 224 p., $13.95.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (UK 2003)

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The heroes of the city's streets are becoming the hunted. When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two, it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is, until a third detective is killed. Swift, silent and deadly, someone is picking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The how of the killings is obvious: three .45 shots from the dark add up to three very dead detectives. The why and the who are the Precinct's big headaches now.With one meagre clue, Detective Steve Carella begins his grim search for the killer, a search that takes him into the city's underworld to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head...

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. The Classic First Novel of the 87th Precinct. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752857916 (July, 2003), 188 p., £5.99.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (USA 1999)

From the Publisher:
ED MCBAIN'S FIRST 87th PRECINCT NOVEL
Swift, silent, and deadly - someone is knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The how of the killings is obvious: three .45 shots from the dark add up to one, two, three very dead detectives. The why and the who are the Precinct's headaches now.

When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two, it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is, until a third detective buys it.

With one meager clue, Detective Steve Carella begins his grim search for the killer, a search that takes him into the city's underworld to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head...

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. The Classic First Novel of the 87th Precinct. Pocket Books, ISBN: 0671775472 (December, 1999), 236 p., $7.99.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (USA 1990)

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Shot in the dark. Swift, silent and deadly - knocking off the 87th Precinct’s finest, one by one. The how of the killings was obvious - a .45 shot from the dark added up to one, two, three very dead detectives, The why and the who were the Precinct's big headaches now. When Detective Reardon was found dead, the motive was a big question mark. But when his partner became victim number two, it looked like open and shut grudge killings. That is, until Detective three bought it, then all these theories were blasted sky-high! Why? Who? Detective Steve Carella was just as much hooked by these questions as anyone. And if he didn’t take a shot in the dark about who might be at the delivering end of those bullets, he could very well become detective number four on a cool trip to the morgue! With one meager clue, he began his grim search: a search that led him through the city’s low life to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head. A driving pace, direct narrative, tough realism and authentic procedural details make Cop Hater a spellbinding novel of crime detection. This edition contains a new introduction specially commissioned from the author.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. An 87th Precinct Mystery. The Armchair Detective Library, ISBN: 0922890064 (March, 1990 / 2nd printing, undated), 166 p., $17.95.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (UK 1974)

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The lab technicians found out quite a lot about the killer: his height, weight, age. They even know more or less what he looked like. But they didn't know his name. Even his fingerprints failed to tell them that.

Was he a maniac who hated all cops? Or was there a purpose behind his murders? And how many more detectives would he shoot down before they caught him? The men of the 87th Precinct race against time to find the answer.

Ed McBain, as is widely known, is the pseudonym of Evan Hunter, author of The B!ackboard Jungle and many other best-selling novels. As Ed McBain, he has written no fewer than 29 immensely successful 87th Precinct mysteries, many of which first appeared in our list. Now we have acquired reprint rights for Fingerprint Books in the first tour 87th Precinct titles ever published. They read as well as ever. Cop Hater, first of them all, shows that from the outset McBain established the pattern which has marked the whole series -- realistic portrayal of police work enlivened by the crispest, wittiest dialogue ha all crime fiction.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. An 87th Precinct Mystery. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974, ISBN: 024189056X, A Fingerprint Book, 184 p., £2.00.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (USA 1973)

From the Publisher:
SHOT IN THE DARK
Swift, silent, and deadly -- knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The HOW of the killings was obvious -- a .45 shot from the dark added up to one, two, three very dead detectives. The WHY and the WHO were the Precinct's big headaches now.

When Detective Reardon was found dead, the motive was a big question mark. But when his partner became victim number two, it looked like open and shut grudge killings. That is, until detective number three bought it; then all theories were blasted sky-high!

WHY? WHO? Detective Steve Carella was just as much hooked by these questions as anyone. And if he didn't take a shot in the dark about who might be at the delivering end of those bullets, he could very well become detective number four on a cool trip to the morgue!

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. An explosive sizzling 87th Precinct Mystery. Signet Q5617 (October, 1973), 150 p., 95¢.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (UK 1970)

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With two cops shot dead in a heat-wave Detective Steve Carella is scouring town for a man with a record, a grudge, and a -45. There's plenty... and a Press that's sniping from safe cover. A hot lead from a stool pigeon takes Carella down Whore Street, but a lousy lead from the Press takes the killer down to Teddy Franklin's apartment. She's Carella's girl, and the killer's prepared to wait.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970, 180 p., 25p., 5/-.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (UK 1964)

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With two cops shot dead in a heat-wave Detective Steve Carella is scouring town for a man with a record, a grudge, and a 45. There's plenty... and a Press that's sniping from safe cover. A hot lead from a stool pigeon takes Carella down Whore Street, but a lousy lead from the Press takes the killer down to Teddy Franklin's apart- ment. She's Carella's girl, and the killer's prepared to wait.

In a few short years Ed McBain has come crashing into the front rank of crime writers, both in print and on television. With toughness, reality, and genuine compassion he exhibits the cosmopolitan quarter of a big American city under the criminal end of the microscope. His cops of the 87th Precinct cling precariously to a life made lighter by some of the best wise-cracking humour in American fiction, and made safer by the most modern police techniques. This is 'kick-the-door-down' crime at its very best.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964, Penguin Crime PB 11, 180 p., 2'6.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (USA 1962)

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The Headlines Screamed:
KILLER SLAYS SECOND COP!
First Mike Reardon -- his face nearly blasted away. Then young Dave Foster, sprawled on the concrete with a chest full of slugs. Only a maniac could have done it, people said. Only a raging cop hater.

With one meager clue, Detective Steve Carella began his grim search: a search that led him through the city's low life to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic -- aimed straight at his head.

A driving narrative pace, tough realism, and authentic details of police methods (in the squad room, the labs, the line-up) make Cop Hater a spellbinding novela at crime detection.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Pocket Books, 1962, Pocket Books M 4268, 166 p., 35¢.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (UK 1958)

With one meagre clue, Detective Steve Carella began his grim search: a search that led him through the city's low life to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic -- aimed straight at his head.

A driving narrative pace, tough realism, and authentic details of police methods (in the squad room, the laboratories, the line-up) make Cop Hater a spellbinding novel of crime detection.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. London: T.V. Boardman & Company Ltd., 1958, American Bloodhound Mystery No. 237, 189 p., 10s, 6d.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater (USA 1956)

A driving narrative pace, tough realism, and authentic details of police methods (in the squad room, the labs, the line-up) make Cop Hater a spellbinding novela at crime detection.

Ed McBain: Cop Hater. Any cop could be the next victim. Every cop was out to kill the... Cop Hater. New York: Permabooks, 1956, Permabooks M 3037, 166 p., 25¢.