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Fiddlers

A Novel of the 87th Precinct

Fiddlers( )
Author: McBain, Ed
Series title:87th Precinct Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7528-7374-9
Publication Date:Dec 2005
Publisher:Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Imprint:Orion
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

It started with the blind violinist - shot twice through the head at point-blank range in the alley outside his dingy restaurant. But it's only when the omelette lady gets shot with the same gun in the same way twenty-four hours later that the police really start to take notice. But Steve Carella and the boys at the 87th Precinct always seem to be one step behind the killer, for while the gun is the same, none of the victims seem to be related in any way. And why is the killer heard to...
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Book Details
Pages:272
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
Fiction / Crime
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.3 x 23.4 x 2 cm
Book Weight:0.405 Kilograms
Author Biography
Mcbain, Ed (Author)
Ed McBain is a pen name for Evan Hunter who was born in 1926 in East Harlem, New York on October 15, 1926. Hunter was born with the name Salvatore Albert Lombino, and he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. During World War II, Hunter joined the Navy and served aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. He graduated from Hunter College, were he majored in English and psychology, with minors in dramatics and education.

He was a prolific writer who also wrote under the names of Ed McBain, Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, and Richard Marsten. His first major success came in 1954 with the publication of The Blackboard Jungle, which was later adapted as a film. He published the first three books in the 87th Precinct series in 1956 under the name of Ed McBain. He also wrote juvenile books, plays, television scripts, and stories and articles for magazines. He won the Mystery Writers of America Award in 1957 and the Grand Master Award in 1986 for lifetime achievement. He died of laryngeal cancer on July 6, 2005 at the age of 78.

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