Books in 87th Precinct Series series

A beat cop winds up on the trail of a deadly mugger, but when it suddenly gets personal, his own life might be the next thing to be snatched….“The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” —Pete Hamill, Newsday“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press

A beat cop winds up on the trail of a deadly mugger, but when it suddenly gets personal, his own life might be the next thing to be snatched.…“The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” —Pete Hamill, Newsday“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press

Two perps—one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims—test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review

A beat cop winds up on the trail of a deadly mugger, but when it suddenly gets personal, his own life might be the next thing to be snatched.…“The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” —Pete Hamill, Newsday“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press

Two perps—one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims—test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review

Two perps—one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims—test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review

A beat cop winds up on the trail of a deadly mugger, but when it suddenly gets personal, his own life might be the next thing to be snatched.…“The 87th Precinct [is] one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” ―Pete Hamill, Newsday“McBain has the ability to make every character believable―which few writers these days can do.” ―Associated Press

The city can be a strange place, full of odd sights. Sometimes chilling sights. But nothing could prepare the detectives of the 87th Precinct for the sight of a murdered young woman, a member of a local college track team, hanging from a lamppost. Nor could they be ready for the news that the same night, another woman is raped for the third time—by the same man. Two cases, two perpetrators, one chilling evening. Can the detectives of the 87th, with help from Fat Ollie Weeks and Rape Squad Decoy Eileen Burke, put them behind bars for good? The team doesn’t have much time, because it only takes a moment for lightning to strike again.One of Ed McBain’s grittiest installments of his famed 87th Precinct series, Lightning is a masterpiece of suspense, brooding intensity, and ingenious plotting that elevates crime fiction to its highest possible plane.

Two perps—one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims—test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review