The 87th Precinct is a series of

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novels and stories by American author

Ed McBain Evan Hunter (born Salvatore Albert Lombino; October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005) was an American author of crime and mystery fiction. He is best known as the author of '' 87th Precinct'' novels, published under the pen name Ed McBain, which ar ...

(a writing

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of Evan Hunter). McBain's 87th Precinct works have been adapted, sometimes loosely, into movies and television on several occasions.

Setting

The series is based on the work of the police detective squad of the 87th

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in the central district of Isola, a large fictional city obviously based on

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. Isola is the name of the central district of the city (it fulfills the role of the borough of

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within New York City). Other districts in McBain's fictionalized version of New York broadly correspond to NYC's other four boroughs, Calm's Point standing in for

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, Majesta representing

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, Riverhead substituting for

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, and Bethtown for

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. Other recognizable locations that correspond to New York City landmarks are Grover Park (

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), Sand's Spit (

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), the rivers Harb (

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) and Dix (

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), neighborhoods such as The Quarter ( The Village), Devil's Break ( Spuyten Duyvil), Stewart City (

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), and Diamondback (

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), and specific places such as Buena Vista Hospital (

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), Ramsey University (

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), Hall Avenue (

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), Jefferson Avenue (

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), and the Stem or Stemmler Avenue (

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). The 87th Precinct has 16 detectives on its regular roster and is said to have the highest crime rate in the city and the busiest Fire Department in the world. Every single 87th Precinct novel begins with a disclaimer: "''The city in these pages is imaginary.''
''The people, the places are all fictitious.''
''Only the police routine is based on established investigatory technique.''"

Characters

The books feature a large ensemble cast, often but not always centered on about half a dozen police detectives and other supporting characters. Detective Steve Carella is a major character in the series, alongside officers Cotton Hawes, Hal Willis, Bert Kling, the ambitious youngster, the hot-tempered Roger Havilland, and

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from the unfortunately named Meyer Meyer. A mysterious antagonist known as The Deaf Man appears occasionally over the years. The Deaf Man is a master criminal, who is "a little hard of hearing" and whose identity is never revealed. He is the precinct's, and, specifically, Carella's nemesis, and appears in the novels ''The Heckler'', ''Fuzz'', ''Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man'', ''Eight Black Horses'', ''Mischief'', and ''Hark!'' Main Characters * Detective Stephen Louis "Steve" Carella * Detective Meyer Meyer * Detective Cotton Hawes * Detective Bert Kling * Detective Hal Willis * Detective Arthur Brown * Detective Lieutenant Peter Byrnes, squad commander Recurring Characters * Detective Eileen Burke * Detective Andy Parker * Detective Dick Genero * Detective Bob O'Brien * Detective Tack Fujiwara * Sergeant Dave Murchison, Desk Sergeant * Sergeant Alf Miscolo, Clerical Office * Detective Monoghan and Detective Monroe, Homicide Detectives * Detective Oliver Wendell "Fat Ollie" Weeks (Detective from the 83rd Precinct) * William "Fats" Donner and Daniel "Danny Gimp" Nelson, informants * Sam Grossman, Head of the Police Lab * Paul Blaney, Chief Medical Examiner, and his twin brother, Carl, also a M.E. * Cliff Savage, newspaper reporter * Theodora "Teddy" Carella (née Franklin), Steve Carella's wife * The Deaf Man

The 87th Precinct Mysteries

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Cop Hater ''Cop Hater'' (1956) is the first 87th Precinct police procedural novel by Ed McBain. The murder of three detectives in quick succession in the 87th Precinct leads Detective Steve Carella on a search that takes him into the city's underworld an ...

'' (1956) *'' The Mugger'' (1956) *''The Pusher'' (1956) *''The Con Man'' (1957) *''Killer's Choice'' (1957) *'' Killer's Payoff'' (1958) *''Lady Killer'' (1958) *''Killer's Wedge'' (1959) *til Death'' (1959) *'' King's Ransom'' (1959) *''Give the Boys a Great Big Hand'' (1960) *''The Heckler'' (1960) *''See Them Die'' (1960) *''Lady, Lady I Did It'' (1961) *''The Empty Hours'' (1962) - three novellas *''Like Love'' (1962) *''Ten Plus One'' (1963) *''Ax'' (1964) *''He Who Hesitates'' (1964) *''Doll'' (1965) *''80 Million Eyes'' (1966) *''Fuzz'' (1968) *''

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'' (1969) *''Jigsaw'' (1970) *''Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here'' (1971) *''Sadie When She Died'' (1972) *''Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man'' (1973) *''Hail to the Chief'' (1973) *''Bread'' (1974) *''Blood Relatives'' (1975) *''So Long as You Both Shall Live'' (1976) *''Long Time No See'' (1977) *''Calypso'' (1979) *''Ghosts'' (1980) *''Heat'' (1981) *''Ice'' (1983) *''Lightning'' (1984) *''Eight Black Horses'' (1985) *''Poison'' (1987) *''Tricks'' (1987) *''Lullaby'' (1989) *''Vespers'' (1990) *''Widows'' (1991) *''Kiss'' (1992) *''Mischief'' (1993) *''And All Through the House'' (Novella - 1994) *''Romance'' (1995) *''Nocturne'' (1997) *''The Big Bad City'' (1999) *''The Last Dance'' (2000) *''Money, Money, Money'' (2001) *''Fat Ollie's Book'' (2002) *''The Frumious Bandersnatch'' (2003) *''Hark!'' (2004) *''Fiddlers'' (2005)

Short stories and novellas

*''And All Through the House'' (1984), later published as a 40-page novella in 1994 *''Reruns'' (1987) *''Merely Hate'' (2005) a novella in the anthology titled ''Transgressions'', edited by Ed McBain The following books excerpted chapters from 87th Precinct novels: *''McBain's Ladies (Short Stories)'' (1988) *''McBain's Ladies, Too (Short Stories)'' (1992)

Novelette

*''The Jesus Case'' (1974) - this is actually an excerpt from "Let's Hear It For The Deaf Man"

Other media

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and Gerald O'Loughlin *'' The Mugger'' (1958) starring

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starring

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(based on ''King's Ransom'') *'' Sans Mobile Apparent'' (''Without Apparent Motive'') (1971) French/Italian film starring

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(Based on ''Ten Plus One'') *'' Fuzz'' (1972) starring

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*'' Columbo: No Time to Die'' (based on ''So Long as You Both Shall Live'') (1992) (TV film) *'' Columbo: Undercover'' (based on ''Jigsaw'') (1994) (TV film) starring

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as Detective Sgt. Arthur Brown. *''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning'' (1995) (TV film) Aired on NBC starring

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Literature *''87th Precinct'' (1962) (Comic Book series) *''Polishataren'' (''Cop Hater'') (1990), a Swedish

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has a minor character, "Edward M. Norris, lieutenant of police, detective squad, in the Big Apple's 87th Precinct" (pg 71). Steve Carella is briefly mentioned. *''The Last Best Hope'' (

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), a novel in McBain's Matthew Hope series, features Steve Carella as a supporting character. *Stephen King novella, "The Mist", one of the major characters is named Ollie Weeks, a detective from the neighboring 83rd Precinct.

Podcasts

Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast
2016 - ongoing)

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A podcast dedicated to a book-by-book exploration of the 87th Precinct series, its adaptations and

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. The podcast also explores some other works by

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and has featured interviews with

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(writer and proprietor of

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in New York) and

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Paperback Warrior
' (2019)

features a segment on Ed McBain's ''87th Precinct''. The episode delves into the author's bibliography and explores his police procedural series as well as the debut novel ''Cop Hater''. Co-Hosts Tom Simon and Eric Compton both suggest that the ''87th Precinct'' was influenced by the television show '' Dragnet''.Compton, C.E., Simon, T.J.(Hosts).(2019, November 18).Paperback Warrior Podcast: Ed McBain

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References

Prial, Frank J., "Why readers keep returning to the 87th Precinct"
The New York Times, July 9, 2005. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
Tipping My Fedora / 87th Precinct
reviews of all 55 volumes in the series. Retrieved 8 December 2017
Ed McBain sings Hill Street Blues
Associated Press story, in TV Week, printed in Ocala Star-Banner, April 30, 1983. Retrieved April 12, 2011 {{Ed McBain Crime novel series Police procedurals E. P. Dutton books Book series introduced in 1956