Ed McBain

Ed McBain

Ed McBain has written at least 99 books. Their most popular book is Cop Hater with 30 saves with an average rating of 3.56⭐.

Author Bio

Ed McBain was a pen name of [Evan Hunter](/a/OL27895A). These are treated as separate authors in OpenLibrary.

Born Salvatore Albert Lombino, he legally adopted the name Evan Hunter in 1952. While successful and well known as Evan Hunter, he was even better known as Ed McBain, a name he used for most of his crime fiction, beginning in 1956.

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Cop Hater

#1 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Cop Hater
ByEd McBain

1956 • 30 Readers • 276 pages 3.6

The Mugger

#2 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Mugger
ByEd McBain

1956 • 17 Readers • 178 pages 3.1

The Pusher

#3 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Pusher
ByEd McBain

1956 • 10 Readers • 256 pages 3.6

Lady Killer

#7 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Lady Killer
ByEd McBain

1958 • 6 Readers 4

Killer's Choice

#5 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Killer's Choice
ByEd McBain

1957 • 6 Readers • 219 pages 2.8

The Con Man

#4 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Con Man
ByEd McBain

1957 • 5 Readers 4

Blood relatives

Blood relatives
ByEd McBain

4 Readers 4.3

Hark!

#54 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Hark!
ByEd McBain

2004 • 4 Readers • 434 pages 4

Downtown: A Novel

1989 • 4 Readers • 328 pages 3

Tricks

#40 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Tricks
ByEd McBain

1987 • 4 Readers 4

Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times

2001 • 4 Readers • 268 pages

Goldilocks

Goldilocks
ByEd McBain

1996 • 3 Readers • 224 pages 4

Ghosts

#34 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Ghosts
ByEd McBain

1980 • 3 Readers • 212 pages 3.3

So Nude, So Dead

So Nude, So Dead
ByEvan Hunter,Ed McBain

1952 • 2 Readers • 223 pages

Where There's Smoke

Where There's Smoke
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1975 • 2 Readers • 179 pages 3

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#35 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Heat
ByEd McBain

1981 • 2 Readers • 351 pages 3

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2 Readers 5

Cut Me In

Cut Me In
ByEd McBain

1954 • 2 Readers • 237 pages

Lullaby

#41 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Lullaby
ByEd McBain

1989 • 2 Readers • 350 pages 3

Fuzz

#22 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Fuzz
ByEd McBain

1968 • 2 Readers • 189 pages 3

Ax

#18 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Ax
ByEd McBain

1964 • 2 Readers • 160 pages 4

Rumpelstiltskin

#2 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Rumpelstiltskin
ByEd McBain

1981 • 2 Readers • 266 pages 4

Ice

#36 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Ice
ByEd McBain

1983 • 2 Readers • 288 pages 3

'Til Death

'Til Death
ByEd McBain

2 Readers 3

Cover 0

2006 • 2 Readers • 542 pages

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#38 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Eight Black Horses
ByEd McBain,Mark T. Sullivan

1985 • 2 Readers

The Frumious Bandersnatch

#53 of 45 in 87th Precinct

2003 • 2 Readers • 320 pages 4

Last Summer

Last Summer
ByEd McBain

1968 • 2 Readers • 159 pages

Ten Plus One

#17 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Ten Plus One
ByEd McBain

1963 • 2 Readers • 181 pages 3

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#14 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1961 • 2 Readers • 192 pages 4

The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics

The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
ByAlan Moore,Alex Raymond,+34 more

2008 • 2 Readers • 479 pages 4

Widows

#43 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Widows
ByEd McBain

1991 • 2 Readers • 434 pages 3.5

King's Ransom

#10 of 45 in 87th Precinct

King's Ransom
ByEd McBain

1959 • 2 Readers • 224 pages 4

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#23 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Shotgun
ByEd McBain

1969 • 2 Readers • 188 pages 3

The Heckler

#12 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Heckler
ByEd McBain

1960 • 2 Readers • 176 pages

Killer's Wedge

#8 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Killer's Wedge
ByEd McBain

1959 • 2 Readers 5

Lightning

#37 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Lightning
ByEd McBain

1984 • 2 Readers • 312 pages 3

Sadie when she died

1 Reader 5

The Ransome Women; The Things They Left Behind

#2 in Transgressions

2006 • 1 Reader • 324 pages

Find the Feathered Serpent

1952 • 1 Reader • 207 pages

The Blackboard Jungle

1 Reader 5

Gladly the cross-eyed bear

#12 of 7 in Matthew Hope

1996 • 1 Reader • 336 pages 4

Learning to kill

Learning to kill
ByEd McBain

2006 • 1 Reader • 478 pages 2

Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct

#52 of 45 in 87th Precinct

2002 • 1 Reader • 372 pages

Nocturne

#48 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Nocturne
ByEd McBain

1997 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

Downtown: A Novel

1989 • 1 Reader • 328 pages 5

Alice In Jeopardy

2004 • 1 Reader • 490 pages

Cover 1

#11 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1960 • 1 Reader • 176 pages 4

Beauty And The Beast

#3 of 7 in Matthew Hope

1982 • 1 Reader • 199 pages 4

Jack and the Beanstalk

#4 of 7 in Matthew Hope

1984 • 1 Reader • 250 pages 3

Mary, Mary

#10 of 7 in Matthew Hope

Mary, Mary
ByEd McBain

1992 • 1 Reader • 388 pages 3

Cover 8

#13 of 7 in Matthew Hope

1998 • 1 Reader • 304 pages 4

Cover 1

#24 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Jigsaw
ByEd McBain

1970 • 1 Reader • 208 pages 4

Cover 3

#5 of 7 in Matthew Hope

1985 • 1 Reader 4

Doll

#20 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Doll
ByEd McBain

1965 • 1 Reader • 192 pages 3

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#6 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Killer's Payoff
ByEd McBain

1958 • 1 Reader • 272 pages 3

Eighty Million Eyes

#21 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1966 • 1 Reader • 208 pages 4

Cover 3

#27 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1972 • 1 Reader • 272 pages 4

Cover 3

#46 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1994 • 1 Reader

Cover 8

#15 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Empty Hours
ByEd McBain

1962 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

Fiddlers

#55 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Fiddlers
ByEd McBain

2005 • 1 Reader

Even the Wicked

Even the Wicked
ByRichard Marsten,Ed McBain

1958 • 1 Reader 3

Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969

Crime Novels: Four Classic Thrillers 1964-1969
ByGeoffrey O'Brien,Margaret Millar,+3 more

1 Reader • 950 pages

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1988 • 1 Reader • 320 pages 3

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#28 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1973 • 1 Reader 3

Like Love

#16 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Like Love
ByEd McBain

1962 • 1 Reader • 176 pages 4

Come Winter

#2 of 1 in Last Summer

Come Winter
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1973 • 1 Reader • 229 pages 3

Money, Money, Money

#51 of 45 in 87th Precinct

2001 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

Dangerous Women: Original Stories from Today's Greatest Suspense Writers

2005 • 1 Reader • 11h 6m

Ten Plus One: An 87th Precinct Mystery

#17 of 45 in 87th Precinct

1963 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

Reader's Digest Great Detective Stories

Reader's Digest Great Detective Stories
ByMargery Allingham,Agatha Christie,+33 more

1998 • 1 Reader • 528 pages 4

L'ultimo ballo

#50 of 45 in 87th Precinct

L'ultimo ballo
ByEd McBain,Nicoletta Lamberti(Translator)

1999 • 1 Reader • 258 pages 2

The Big Bad City

#49 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Big Bad City
ByEd McBain

1998 • 1 Reader • 336 pages 1

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Änkor
ByEd McBain

1992 • 1 Reader • 302 pages

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1956 • 1 Reader • 190 pages

The Last Dance

#50 of 45 in 87th Precinct

The Last Dance
ByEd McBain

1999 • 1 Reader

Cover 1

#16.5 of 16 in Yellowthread Street

The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years
ByStuart M. Kaminsky,Jerome Charyn,+16 more

2001 • 1 Reader 5

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Doors
ByEd McBain

1975 • 1 Reader

Big Man

Big Man
ByEd McBain

1959 • 1 Reader • 157 pages

Vespers

#42 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Vespers
ByEd McBain

1990 • 1 Reader • 338 pages

The April Robin Murders

#3 of 3 in Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak

The April Robin Murders
ByCraig Rice,Ed McBain,+1 more

1958 • 1 Reader • 217 pages

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#29 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Bread
ByEd McBain

1974 • 1 Reader

Calypso

#33 of 45 in 87th Precinct

Calypso
ByEd McBain

1979 • 1 Reader • 191 pages

He Who Hesitates

#19 of 45 in 87th Precinct

He Who Hesitates
ByEd McBain

1965 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

Nobody Knew They Were There!

Nobody Knew They Were There!
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1971 • 274 pages

Candyland

Candyland
ByEd McBain

Transgressions

Transgressions
ByEd McBain

A Matter of Conviction

2016 • 196 pages

The Jungle Kids

The Jungle Kids
ByEd McBain

2016 • 154 pages

Ice

Ice
ByEd McBain

Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear

#12 of 7 in Matthew Hope

1996 • 326 pages

Hark!

Hark!
ByEd McBain

Jeux de mots

Jeux de mots
ByEd McBain

Learning to kill

Learning to kill
ByEd McBain

Romance

Romance
ByEd McBain

Nocturne

Nocturne
ByEd McBain

Me and Mr. Stenner

Me and Mr. Stenner
ByEd McBain,Evan Hunter

1965 • 157 pages