Ed Mcbain: The Heckler

“The 87th Precinct series [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.”

—Pete Hamill, Daily News (New York)

“It’s hard to think of anyone better at what he does. In fact, it’s impossible.”

—Robert B. Parker

Praise for the 87th Precinct Novels from America’s Unparalleled, Award-Winning Master of Crime Fiction

ED McBAIN

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

Edgar Award nominee!

“Crisp and fresh…savagely brutal…[with] unexpected and amusing twists.”

— Los Angeles Times

“McBain plays fair and square with the complications that arise from this clever setup. Over and over, he keeps telling us to keep an eye on the money, which slips through more hands than a third-grade bathroom pass.”

— The New York Times

“Tight plotting, crackling police work, and bizarre people…a witty tale of counterfeit money that grows before the reader’s eyes.”

— The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

“Captivating stuff.”

— St. Petersburg Times (FL)

“An instant classic…. It’s McBain at his best. And there’s none better.”

— The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

“McBain’s Money is a sure bet…. [His] writing remains young, vigorous, sharp, and entertaining.”

— Publishers Weekly

“The complications flow so effortlessly and the tone is so irresistibly ebullient that you can relax in the hands of a master. Merry Christmas.”

— Kirkus Reviews

“Pure prose poetry…. It is writers such as McBain who bring the great American urban mythology to life.”

— The London Times

THE LAST DANCE

“The fiftieth novel of the 87th Precinct is one of the best, a melancholy, acerbic paean to life—and death—in the fictional big city of Isola…. This is McBain in classic form, displaying the writing wisdom gained over more than forty years of 87th Precinct novels to deliver a cop story that’s as strong and soulful as the urban heart of America he celebrates so well.”

— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Having stripped down and refined his language over the years to the point where it now conceals as much as it reveals, McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet in The Last Dance, even those we thought we already knew.”

— The New York Times Book Review

Praise for

CANDYLAND

A Novel in Two Parts

by EVAN HUNTER and ED McBAIN

A People Magazine “Page-Turner of the Week”

“Hunter provides a compelling psychological portraiture…. McBain easily matches his achievement with an inspired police procedural, topped off with a completely unexpected and satisfying twist at the end.”

— People

“A tour de force….”

— Kirkus Reviews

“The plot is fabulous and the ending whapped me in the eyeballs.”

—Larry King, USA Today

“A tribute to the skills of this great storyteller…. It is fun to read, despite the grim nature of its subjects…. Candyland exhibits a smoothness, a professionalism, a gritty energy and wit.”

— The New York Times

“Superb…. A multifaceted, psychologically astute portrait of crime and punishment…. Each part of the novel works beautifully alone but also in tandem.”

— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Under any name, this man is a master of his craft.”

— Library Journal

Books By Evan Hunter

NOVELS

The Blackboard Jungle (1954) Second Ending (1956) Strangers When We Meet (1958) A Matter of Conviction (1959) Mothers and Daughters (1961) Buddwing (1964) The Paper Dragon (1966) A Horse’s Head (1967) Last Summer (1968) Sons (1969) Nobody Knew They Were There (1971) Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972) Come Winter (1973) Streets of Gold (1974) The Chisholms (1976) Love, Dad (1981) Far from the Sea (1983) Lizzie (1985) Criminal Conversation * (1994) Privileged Conversation (1996) Candyland * (2001) The Moment She Was Gone ** (2002)

SHORTSTORYCOLLECTIONS

Happy New Year, Herbie (1963) The Easter Man (1972)

CHILDREN’SBOOKS

Find the Feathered Serpent (1952) The Remarkable Harry (1959) The Wonderful Button (1961) Me and Mr. Stenner (1976)

SCREENPLAYS

Strangers When We Meet (1959) The Birds (1962) Fuzz (1972) Walk Proud (1979)

TELEPLAYS

The Chisholms (1979) The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980) Dream West (1986)

*Available in paperback from Pocket Books

**Available in hardcover from Simon & Schuster

Also By Ed McBain

THE87THPRECINCTNOVELS

Cop Hater * • The Mugger • The Pusher * (1956) The Con Man • Killer’s Choice (1957) Killer’s Payoff * • Killer’s Wedge • Lady Killer (1958) ’ Til Death • King’s Ransom (1959) Give the Boys a Great Big Hand • The Heckler * • See Them Die (1960) Lady, Lady, I Did It! (1961) The Empty Hours • Like Love (1962) Ten Plus One (1963) Ax (1964) He Who Hesitates • Doll (1965) Eighty Million Eyes (1966) Fuzz (1968) Shotgun (1969) Jigsaw (1970) Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here (1971) Sadie When She Died • Let’s Hear It for the Deaf Man (1972) 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 • Tricks (1987) Lullaby * (1989) Vespers * (1990) Widows * (1991) Kiss (1992) Mischief (1993) And All Through the House (1994) Romance (1995) Nocturne (1997) The Big Bad City * (1999) The Last Dance * (2000) Money, Money, Money * (2001) Fat Ollie’s Book ** (2003)

THEMATTHEWHOPENOVELS

Goldilocks (1978) Rumpelstiltskin (1981) Beauty & the Beast (1982) Jack & the Beanstalk (1984) Snow White & Rose Red (1985) Cinderella (1986) Puss in Boots (1987) The House That Jack Built (1988) Three Blind Mice (1990) Mary, Mary (1993) There Was a Little Girl (1994) Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996) The Last Best Hope (1998)

OTHERNOVELS

The Sentries (1965) Where There’s Smoke • Doors (1975) Guns (1976) Another Part of the City (1986) Downtown (1991) Driving Lessons (2000) Candyland * (2001)

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.