Lady Killer by Ed McBain (1958)

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A kid delivers a letter to the desk sergeant and scarpers. Inside the letter is a cut and paste letter, like a ransom note with the words
"I will kill the lady tonight at 8 What can you do about it?"
stuck to a sheet of paper.
So begins a 12 hour manhunt to find the victim and the killer.
Brilliant book, one of his best. The thing with these early books is I don't get the impression I'm reading something that was written in the 50s.
Timeless. McBain is so good! ...

 

[mosaix]

Love the 87th Precinct books.

 

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Love the 87th Precinct books.

I think he's my favourite author

 

[BAYLOR]

Classic stuff . He also wrote The Blackboard Jungle under his name Even Hunter.

 

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Classic stuff . He also wrote The Blackboard Jungle under his name Even Hunter.

He did indeed. He also wrote the screenplay for The Birds

 

[mosaix]

I think he's my favourite author

In the 'Crime' category it's a close run thing between him and Lawrence Block. If you've never read any of his 'The Burglar Who...' series give it a try @AE35Unit . It's crime with the extra element of humour thrown in.

 

[BAYLOR]

In the 'Crime' category it's a close run thing between him and Lawrence Block. If you've never read any of his 'The Burglar Who...' series give it a try @AE35Unit . It's crime with the extra element of humour thrown in.

Travis McGee series by George D MacDonald
the fist book in the series The Deep Blue Goodbye

Rendezvous in Black by Cornell Woolrich


Different in tone and style but worth reading.

 

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In the 'Crime' category it's a close run thing between him and Lawrence Block. If you've never read any of his 'The Burglar Who...' series give it a try @AE35Unit . It's crime with the extra element of humour thrown in.

The daft thing is I'm not into crime per se, never have, didnt enjoy the Agatha Christie book I read (tho it is not judged as her hest by far) and I'm not really a fan of Ian Rankin's books, its just not my thing. But McBain's writing, there's just something about it.

 

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Travis McGee series by George D MacDonald
the fist book in the series The Deep Blue Goodbye

Yes I want to read the Macdonald books, McBain himself was a reader of his. Each title features a colour.

 

[BAYLOR]

Yes I want to read the Macdonald books, McBain himself was a reader of his. Each title features a colour.

I just noticed that referred to he George and not John D. Macdonald But mistake aside , His Travis McGeee novels are definitely great reads . Interestingly at one time, he wrote science fiction The Wine of Dreamers which ive not read.

 

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I just noticed that referred to he George and not John D. Macdonald But mistake aside , His Travis McGeee novels are definitely great reads . Interestingly at one time, he wrote science fiction The Wine of Dreamers which ive not read.

Yes McBain began with science fiction