Ed McBain: 'til Death (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella's sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if her brother can't figure out which man on the guest list has come to murder the groom.

Carella and the men from the 87th Precinct find themselves on the clock as they desperately hunt amongst the name cards and catered dinners for the would-be assailant. Trouble is, the crowd has numerous people with viable motives: the best man who stands to inherit everything the groom owns, the ex-boyfriend with a homicidal crush, and even an ex-GI with a score to settle. But time is ticking, and if they don't act fast, Angela will become a bride -- and a widow -- on the same day.

Another riveting installment of the 87th Precinct series, 'Til Death is one of bestseller Ed McBain's finest, an intense, life-and-death nerve-wracker hailed by the Literary Review as "zestful, inventive, and utterly compulsive."

Ed McBain: 'til Death. An 87th Precinct Novel. Thomas & Mercer, ISBN: 9781612181875 (March, 2012), 196 p., $13.95.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (UK 2003)

From the Publisher:
The groom in question is Tommy Giordano - and he's about to marry Steve Carella's sister, Angela. So the wedding party suddenly becomes a deadly game of hide-and-seek for Steve and the boys of the 87th Precinct. Tommy is "it" and Steve has only a few hours to find a killer and prevent Tommy from being tagged out for good.

But how do you find a murderer with hundreds of wedding guests to choose from? Is it Tommy's best man, who would collect everything the groom owns if the killer finds his mark? Or Ben Darcy, who is still madly in love with the bride and would do anything to get her back? Or what about the crazy ex-GI who swore he'd get revenge against Tommy?

Carella has to work fast, or someone is going to make Angela a widow on her wedding day...

Ed McBain: 'til Death. An 87th Precinct Novel. Orion, ISBN: 0752857959 (December, 2003), 176 p., £5.99.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (USA 1989)

From the Publisher:
DEATH STALKED THE GROOM
And the groom was about to marry Steve Carella's sister... So Tommy and Angela's wedding party suddenly became a deadly game of hide-and-seek for Steve and the boys of the 87th. Tommy was "it" and Steve had only a few precious hours to find a killer and prevent Tommy from being tagged out for good.

But how do you find a murderer with hundreds of wedding guests to choose from? Do you pick Tommy's best man, who would collect everything the groom owns if the killer finds his mark? Or Ben Darcy, who is still madly in love with Angela and would do anything to get her back? Or that crazy ex-G.I. who swore he'd get revenge against Tommy? Steve would have to pick quickly and well, or someone would make Angela a widow on her wedding day...

Ed McBain: 'til Death. An 87th Precinct Mystery. Signet, ISBN: 0451158911 (January, 1989), 176 p., $4.50.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (UK 1988)

From the Publisher:
By one thirty that bright Sunday afternoon, Antonio Carella was ready to shoot his wife, strangle his son, disown his daughter, and call off the whole damn wedding.

It was the wedding of Steve's sister, and the bride's father was paying. Already caterers had turned the backyard into a shambles When Steve Carella arrived with Detectives Hawes and Kling. Not as guests. A guy was around with a grudge against the bridegroom, and a black-widow spider had been left on his doorstep in a gift box that morning. Some gift! More and worse were to follow.

In this off-duty episode in the 87th Precinct, murder watches the wedding from a seat in the side-aisle and not all the bangs are fireworks. But, with Steve on the point of having kittens, there's laughter too in the bosom of the Carella family.

Ed McBain: 'til Death. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1988, ISBN: 0140021647, 156 p., £2.50.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (USA 1974)

From the Publisher:
DEATH STALKED THE GROOM
And the groom was about to marry Steve Carella's sister. So Tommy and Angela's wedding party suddenly became a deadly game of hide-and-seek for Steve and the boys of the 87th. Tommy was "it" and Steve had only a few precious hours to find a killer and prevent Tommy from being tagged out for good.

But how do you find a murderer with hundreds of wedding guests to choose from? Do you pick Tommy's best man, who would collect everything the groom owns if the killer finds his mark? Or Ben Darcy, who is still madly in love with Angela and would do any-thing to get her back? Or that crazy ex-G.I. who swore he'd get revenge against Tommy? Steve would have to pick quickly and well, or someone would make Angela a widow on her wedding day...!

Ed McBain: 'til Death. An explosive sizzling 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Signet / New American Library, 1974, 176 p., $1.25.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (USA 1968)

From the Publisher:
The groom was nervous.
It was only natural. Someone was trying to kill him.
At first Detective Steve Carella thought his future brother-in-law had wedding jitters, but a black widow spider, a well-planned car accident and a bullet-riddled wedding guest quickly changed his mind and set the 87th into action.

Finding the killer was only a matter of time but somewhere, somehow, someone was dead set on turning a beautiful bride into a widow before her wedding night and time was running out....

ED MCBAIN'S
87th Precinct mysteries have become the most popular and spellbinding detective stories of this decade. Anthony Boucher in The New York Times Book Review says, "I esteem Ed MeBain's novels of the 87th Precinct as the best -- lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful and wholly satisfactory."

Ed McBain: 'til Death. A bride, a groom... and a searing case that twists their vow into death sentences... An 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Dell, 1968, Dell Books #8907, 176 p., ¢50.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (UK 1964)

From the Publisher:
By one thirty that bright Sunday afternoon, Antonio Carella was ready to shoot his wife, strangle his son, disown his daughter, and call off the whole damn wedding.

It was the wedding of Steve's sister, and the bride's father was paying. Already caterers had turned the backyard into a shambles When Steve Carella arrived with Detectives Hawes and Kling. Not as guests. A guy was around with a grudge against the bridegroom, and a black-widow spider had been left on his doorstep in a gift box that morning. Some gift! More and worse were to follow.

In this off-duty episode in the 87th Precinct, murder watches the wedding from a seat in the side-aisle and not all the bangs are fireworks. But, with Steve on the point of having kittens, there's laughter too in the bosom of the Carella family.

Ed McBain: 'til Death. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1964, Penguin Book 2164, 156 p., 2'6.

Ed McBain: 'til Death (UK 1964)

From the Publisher:
The Uninvited Guest Murder
On the way to the church the groom's car went out of control and caromed off a lamppost. Who had cut the tie rods with a hack saw? And why? Who had sent a black-widow spider as a wedding gift, and what would have happened if the groom had toasted his bride from the innocent-looking bottle of vintage wine?

No, it was no practical joke. Somewhere a killer was whispering his name. Somewhere a murderer was lurking, carrying an instrument of death in a trombone case. The police knew his name; could they get to him before he started playing a funeral march?

Ed McBain: 'til Death. A new 87th precinct murder mystery. New York: Permabooks / Pocket Books, 1960, Permabook #M4166, 156 p., ¢35.