Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (USA 2012)

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Stan Gifford is the ultimate comedian. A pro through and through, when Stan's act dies, so does he -- in front of forty million viewers from coast to coast, including the 87th Precinct's Steve Carella. But what seemed to be death by natural causes quickly turns into a case of murder, and Carella must unravel the motivations behind the comedian's final act.

Meanwhile, Cindy Forrest has been working to put herself through college since the sniper who held the city hostage three years ago murdered her father. But now she's in the crosshairs, and the only thing standing between her and a killer is Detective Bert Kling of the 87th Precinct.

A pair of spellbinding mysteries full of intricate plotting and razor-sharp dialogue, Eighty Million Eyes is an Ed McBain classic, keeping the boundary-pushing spirit of his 87th Precinct series rocketing forward with gritty precision.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. An 87th Precinct Novel. Thomas & Mercer, ISBN: 9781612181608 (March, 2012), 200 p., $13.95.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (USA 1996)

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In this city murder happens every day. Sometimes it's passion. Sometimes it's a cold-blooded hit. For the men of the 87th Precinct, it's a job you've got to do right, because the whole world is watching... Eighty Million Eyes

Eighty million eyes can't be wrong. Or can they? The man on the television died right there for everyone to see. But Stan Gifford was killed by a poison that acts within seconds, and Gifford was doing his act on camera for seven and a half minutes before he went into convulsions. In the show business world detectives Meyer and Carella meet liars, cheaters, egomaniacs - everything except a suspect - until the two cops hit on the right chemistry for murder at prime time...

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. 87th Precinct. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446603864 (March, 1997), 196 p., $5.99.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (USA 1987)

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MURDER IN PRIME TIME
In twenty million homes, forty million people watched a smiling Stan Gifford, America's favorite TV comedian. And before eighty million eyes, he died on camera. It looked like part of the act-except this was his final performance.

Homicide was never a joke to 87th Precinct detectives Meyer and Carella, and they sure weren't laughing at this one. Fans may have loved Stan Gifford, but everyone from his gag-writer to his wardrobe lady had reason to want him dead. Tracking his killer would take two streetwise cops into the world of the rich and the famous...and into the darkest corners of the human heart.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. 87th Precinct. Avon Books, ISBN: 038070367X (May, 1987), 165 p., $3.50.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (UK 1980)

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'Fast... exciting... realistic' -- THE OBSERVER
When top TV comic Stan Gifford died there were plenty of witnesses. Forty million viewers plus 212 people in the studio. Detectives Meyer and Carella had never had it so good...

When pretty Cindy Forrest, pert-breasted and wide-hipped, undressed for bed there was no one to watch -- except her attacker. Detective Kling had never had it so bad...

'The best of today's procedural school of police stories - lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful, and wholly satisfactory' -- NEW YORK TIMES

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. An 87th Precinct Mystery. London: Pan Books, 1980, ISBN: 0330024620, 172 p., 95p.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (USA 1975)

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80 MILLION EYES
watched TV comic Stan Gifford do his last bit -- dying on camera of a dose of poison.
Detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct had lots of leads to follow -- Gifford's wife, doctor, director, writer and cronies fell all over themselves accusing each other. And there was plenty of motive -- to know Stan Gifford seemed to be enough to want to kill him.

The trouble was, there was just no way the murder could have been done.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. 87th Precinct. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0345246047 (September, 1975), 196 p., $1.25.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (UK 1970)

From the Publisher:
'Fast... exciting... realistic' -- THE OBSERVER
When top TV comic Stan Gifford died there were plenty of witnesses. Forty million viewers plus 212 people in the studio. Detectives Meyer and Carella had never had it so good...

When pretty Cindy Forrest, pert-breasted and wide-hipped, undressed for bed there was no one to watch -- except her attacker. Detective Kling had never had it so bad...

ED McBAIN's 87th Precinct mysteries are 'the best of today's procedural school of police stories - lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful, and wholly satisfactory' -- NEW YORK TIMES

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. An 87th Precinct Mystery. London: Pan Books, 1970, ISBN: 0330024620, 172 p., 60p.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (USA 1967)

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THE SADIST PREFERRED BLONDES
"I don't know you," she said. "Please, won't you go? Won't you please leave me alone?"
"Beg," he said, and grinned.
"Please, please, please..."
"You're going to tell that cop to stop coming around."
"Yes, I am. I promise."
"You'll keep the promise," he said. "Because if you don't..." And then he began beating her...

"Packed with realistic police procedure and suspense." -- Chicago Tribune
"EXCELLENT" -- Best Sellers

ED MCBAIN
As mystery and novel aficionados know, the name Ed McBain is a pseudonym for a world-famous bestselling author. His "87th Precinct Mysteries" have become the most popular detective series of the decade.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. A new 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Dell, 1967s, 158 p., ¢50.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes (USA 1966)

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Stan Gifford was a funny man. So funny that every Wednesday night millions of people lowered their lights and raised his TV rating to unparalleled heights -- until the night he lost his sense of humor, and his life. Everyone watching thought it was a heart attack. Everyone except Detectives Carella and Meyer, who had a hunch that even forty million witnesses could be wrong... and brilliantly conceived a plan to prove it.

Meanwhile, at the 87th Precinct, Detective Kling had his hands full with a black-and-blue blonde. She'd been attacked and sadistically beaten as a warning to stay away from the police, but evidently had been in no mood to listen. Detective Kling took a very close look at the facts, a very long look at the blonde, and accepted the case-going far beyond the line of duty to solve it.

EIGHTY MILLION EYES is one of the most icily explicit expositions of police procedure any reader will ever encounter -- a double-edged thriller dealing with two cases whose histories run concurrently. There is plenty of fascinating lab work, tough action and typical McBain irony before the 87th ties up the loose ends of this unique, twin-sized surprise shocker. It's an absolute spellbinder.

Back Cover:
As readers the world over know, the name Ed McBain is the pseudonym for a famous, best-selling author. He is the creator of the 87th Precinct mysteries, which the Saturday Review has called "one of the few authentic police-in-action series left in this virtuous world."

The enigmatic Mr. McBain is pictured above.

Ed McBain: Eighty Million Eyes. An 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Delacorte Press, 1966, 192 p., $?.??.