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Ed McBain

Ed McBain

Ed McBain has written at least 90 books. Their most popular book is Cop Hater with 12 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fiction, Mystery, and Police.

Author Bio

Ed McBain was a pen name of [Evan Hunter](/a/OL27895A). These are treated as separate authors in OpenLibrary.

Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.

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#1 of 38 in 87th Precinct

Cop Hater
ByEd McBain

1956 • 12 Readers • 160 pages • 4

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#2 of 38 in 87th Precinct

The Mugger
ByEd McBain

1956 • 7 Readers • 160 pages • 3.3

Tricks

#40 of 38 in 87th Precinct

Tricks
ByEd McBain

1987 • 4 Readers • 4

Blood relatives

Blood relatives
ByEd McBain

4 Readers • 4.3

The Pusher

#3 of 38 in 87th Precinct

The Pusher
ByEd McBain

1956 • 4 Readers • 192 pages • 4

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The Con Man
ByEd McBain

1957 • 4 Readers • 4

Killer's Choice

#5 of 38 in 87th Precinct

Killer's Choice
ByEd McBain

1957 • 4 Readers • 3

Ax

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Ax
ByEd McBain

1964 • 2 Readers • 160 pages • 4

So Nude, So Dead

So Nude, So Dead
ByEvan Hunter,Ed McBain

1952 • 2 Readers • 223 pages

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Shotgun
ByEd McBain

1969 • 2 Readers • 188 pages • 3

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The Gutter and the Grave
ByEd McBain

2 Readers • 5

Cut Me In

Cut Me In
ByEd McBain

1954 • 2 Readers • 237 pages

Hark!

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Hark!
ByEd McBain

2004 • 2 Readers • 434 pages • 4

Ten Plus One

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Ten Plus One
ByEd McBain

1963 • 2 Readers • 181 pages • 3

Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1975 • 2 Readers • 179 pages • 3

Killer's Wedge

#8 of 38 in 87th Precinct

Killer's Wedge
ByEd McBain

1959 • 2 Readers • 5

'Til Death

'Til Death
ByEd McBain

2 Readers • 3

Ghosts

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Ghosts
ByEd McBain

1980 • 2 Readers • 212 pages • 3.5

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Eight Black Horses
ByEd McBain,Mark T. Sullivan

1985 • 2 Readers

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Fuzz
ByEd McBain

1968 • 2 Readers • 288 pages • 3

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Lady, Lady, I Did It!
ByEd McBain

1961 • 2 Readers • 192 pages • 4

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Heat
ByEd McBain

1981 • 2 Readers • 351 pages • 3

Lightning

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Lightning
ByEd McBain

1984 • 2 Readers • 312 pages • 3

King's Ransom

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King's Ransom
ByEd McBain

1959 • 2 Readers • 224 pages • 4

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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime And Suspense
ByLinda Landrigan(Editor),Jim Thompson(Contributor)

2006 • 2 Readers • 542 pages

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Lady Killer
ByEd McBain

1958 • 2 Readers • 160 pages • 4

Goldilocks

Goldilocks
ByEd McBain

1996 • 2 Readers • 224 pages • 4

Come Winter

#2 of 1 in Last Summer

Come Winter
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1973 • 1 Reader • 229 pages • 3

The Ransome Women; The Things They Left Behind

#2 of 1 in Transgressions

The Ransome Women; The Things They Left Behind
ByStephen King,John Farris

2006 • 1 Reader • 324 pages

The Gutter and the Grave (Hard Case Crime)

The Gutter and the Grave (Hard Case Crime)
ByEd McBain

1 Reader

The Blackboard Jungle

The Blackboard Jungle
ByEd McBain

1 Reader • 5

Gladly the cross-eyed bear

#12 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Gladly the cross-eyed bear
ByEd McBain

1996 • 1 Reader • 336 pages • 4

Learning to kill

Learning to kill
ByEd McBain

2006 • 1 Reader • 478 pages • 2

Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct

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Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
ByEd McBain

2002 • 1 Reader • 372 pages

Ice

Ice
ByEd McBain

1 Reader • 3

Sadie when she died

Sadie when she died
ByEd McBain

1 Reader • 5

Nocturne

Nocturne
ByEd McBain

1 Reader

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Downtown
ByEd McBain

1 Reader • 5

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#11 of 38 in 87th Precinct

Give The Boys a Great Big Hand
ByEd McBain

1960 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 4

Rumpelstiltskin

#2 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Rumpelstiltskin
ByEd McBain

1981 • 1 Reader • 287 pages • 4

Beauty And The Beast

#3 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Beauty And The Beast
ByEd McBain

1982 • 1 Reader • 199 pages • 4

Jack and the Beanstalk

#4 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Jack and the Beanstalk
ByEd McBain

1984 • 1 Reader • 250 pages • 3

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Mary, Mary
ByEd McBain

1992 • 1 Reader • 352 pages • 3

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#13 of 7 in Matthew Hope

The Last Best Hope
ByEd McBain

1998 • 1 Reader • 304 pages • 4

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Doors
ByEd McBain

1975 • 1 Reader

Big Man

Big Man
ByEd McBain

1959 • 1 Reader • 157 pages

Vespers

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Vespers
ByEd McBain

1990 • 1 Reader • 338 pages

The April Robin Murders

#3 of 3 in Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak

The April Robin Murders
ByCraig Rice,Ed McBain,+1 more

1958 • 1 Reader • 217 pages

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Bread
ByEd McBain

1974 • 1 Reader

The Heckler

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The Heckler
ByEd McBain

1960 • 1 Reader

Calypso

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Calypso
ByEd McBain

1979 • 1 Reader • 191 pages

He Who Hesitates

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He Who Hesitates
ByEd McBain

1965 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

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And All Through The House
ByEd McBain

1994 • 1 Reader

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The Empty Hours
ByEd McBain

1962 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

Fiddlers

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Fiddlers
ByEd McBain

2005 • 1 Reader

Even the Wicked

Even the Wicked
ByRichard Marsten,Ed McBain

1958 • 1 Reader • 3

Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969

Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969
ByGeoffrey O'Brien,Margaret Millar,+3 more

1 Reader • 950 pages

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McBain's Ladies: The Women of the 87th Precinct
ByEd McBain

1988 • 1 Reader • 320 pages • 3

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Hail to the Chief
ByEd McBain

1973 • 1 Reader • 3

Like Love

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Like Love
ByEd McBain

1962 • 1 Reader • 176 pages • 4

Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times

Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
ByThe New York Times

2001 • 1 Reader • 268 pages

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Jigsaw
ByEd McBain

1970 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 4

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#5 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Snow White and Rose Red
ByEd McBain

1985 • 1 Reader • 4

Doll

#20 of 38 in 87th Precinct

Doll
ByEd McBain

1965 • 1 Reader • 192 pages • 3

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Killer's Payoff
ByEd McBain

1958 • 1 Reader • 272 pages • 3

Eighty Million Eyes

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Eighty Million Eyes
ByEd McBain

1966 • 1 Reader • 208 pages • 4

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Lullaby
ByEd McBain

1989 • 1 Reader • 3

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Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man
ByEd McBain

1972 • 1 Reader • 272 pages • 4

The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics

The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
ByAlan Moore,Alex Raymond,+34 more

2008 • 1 Reader • 479 pages

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
ByEd McBain

1956 • 1 Reader • 190 pages

The Last Dance

#50 of 38 in 87th Precinct

The Last Dance
ByEd McBain

1999 • 1 Reader

The Frumious Bandersnatch

The Frumious Bandersnatch
ByEd McBain

2014 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

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#16.5 of 16 in Yellowthread Street

The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years
ByStuart M. Kaminsky,Jerome Charyn,+16 more

2001 • 1 Reader • 5

Nobody Knew They Were There!

Nobody Knew They Were There!
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1971 • 274 pages

Jeux de mots

Jeux de mots
ByEd McBain

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Alice in Jeopardy
ByEd McBain

The Jungle Kids

The Jungle Kids
ByEd McBain

2016 • 154 pages

Nocturne

Nocturne
ByEd McBain

Gladly the cross-eyed bear

Gladly the cross-eyed bear
ByEd McBain

Candyland

Candyland
ByEd McBain

McBain's ladies, too

McBain's ladies, too
ByEd McBain

Romance

Romance
ByEd McBain

Nocturne

Nocturne
ByEd McBain

Ice

Ice
ByEd McBain

Gladly the cross-eyed bear

Gladly the cross-eyed bear
ByEd McBain

Learning to kill

Learning to kill
ByEd McBain

Hark!

Hark!
ByEd McBain

Me and Mr. Stenner

Me and Mr. Stenner
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1965 • 157 pages

Transgressions

Transgressions
ByEd McBain

A Matter of Conviction

A Matter of Conviction
ByEd McBain

2016 • 196 pages