Mcbain Ed : Ax (Signet) - Softcover

McBain, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451145992 ISBN 13: 9780451145994

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, 1977

Synopsis

An ax murderer has taken root in the 87th Precinct.... Will Detectives Hawes and Carella be able to stop him before he kills again?

"Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain's grand, ongoing accomplishment." --Entertainment Weekly

"McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet...even those we thought we already knew." --New York Times Book Review

About this title

About the Author

Ed McBain was one of the pen names of successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter (1926-2005). Debuting in 1956, the popular 87th Precinct series is one of the longest running crime series ever published, featuring more than 50 novels, and is hailed as "one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century." McBain was awarded the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America and was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0451145992
• ISBN 13: 9780451145994
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English