Ed McBain
Ed McBain, born Salvatore A. Lombino, was an American author best known for his pioneering 87th Precinct police procedural novels, starting with Cop Hater in 1956, which set the gold standard for the genre. He legally changed his name to Evan Hunter in 1952 and used numerous pseudonyms, writing over 100 novels including the Matthew Hope series and standalone works like The Blackboard Jungle. McBain received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award in 1986 and the British Crime Writers Association's Diamond Dagger in 1998 before his death from cancer in 2005.
Police procedural
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Eight Black Horses
The House That Jack Built
Lullaby
Cop Hater
Widows: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
The Pusher (Lythway Large Print Books)
The Last Best Hope
Ed McBain's The Mugger, Permabook M-4266 (An 87th Precinct Mystery)
Widows (87th Precinct Book 43)
Downtown
Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (A Matthew Hope Mystery Book 12)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Hark!: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries)
The House that Jack Built
Beauty and the Beast
Eight Black Horses
Jack and the Beanstalk
Candyland : A Novel In Two Parts
Long Time No See
Killer's Choice
The McBain Brief
Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct
Hark! A Novel Of The 87th Precinct
Killer's Wedge