There are 55 books in the 87th Precinct Mysteries series. The newest book is Fiddlers .

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The Mugger

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When a serial mugger with a unique MO kills one of his victims--a seventeen-year-old girl--Patrolman Bert Kling makes the case his personal obsession

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The Pusher

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Detective Carella, Lieutenant Byrnes, and the officers of the 87th Precinct investigate the hanging of a young dope peddler who died from an overdose of heroin

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The Con Man

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When a murdered woman is pulled from the river, Detective Steve Carella must follow a single clue--a strange tatoo on the dead woman's hand--in order to capture the elusive con man who may be responsible for the murder

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Killer's Choice

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Veteran Steve Carella teams up with a greenhorn detective Cotton Hawes to track down the vicious killer who murdered Annie Boone, a beautiful readhead with a complex past

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Killer's Payoff

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It's like an old-time gangster movie: a speeding car, a blazing gun... and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders. But who pulled the high-powered trigger that turned Sy Kramer from a blackmailer…

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Killer's Wedge

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Her name is Virginia Dodge. And she’s here to kill Detective Steve Carella.

An ordinary day at the 87th Precinct is about to take a turn for the worse when Dodge shows up to put a bullet in Carella’s head. And she doesn’t care if she has to take all…

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Lady Killer

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Detective Cotton Hawes of the 87th Precinct scrutinizes a tip-off letter that says "I will kill the lady tonight at 8"--giving him nine hours to find the victim and the killer in a city of eight million people.

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'Til Death

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The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella’s sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if her brother can’t figure out which man on the guest list has come to murder the groom.

Carella and the men…

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King's Ransom

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For a wealthy businessman, a kidnapping puts him in a predicament as troubling as any he has ever experienced. For Detective Steve Carella and the men at the 87th Precinct, their troubles are even worse. Their only hope is that he will play ball—at least long enough for them to…

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Give the Boys a Great Big Hand

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Detectives Steve Carella and Cotton Hawkes of the 87th Precinct hunt down a black-coated murderer who severs the hands of his victims with a meat cleaver

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The Heckler

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When merchants all over town start receiving anonymous threats, the only things the boys of the Eighty-Seventh Precinct have to go on is a character called the "deaf man" and the ominous possibility that the threats are real. Reissue.

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See Them Die

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The 87th Precinct's hunt for Pepe Miranda precipitates a riot when the fugitive hides in his own neighborhood under the protection of a militant, Puerto Rican street gang

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Lady, Lady, I Did It!

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The only person Detective Bert Kling cares about in this world is his fiancée, Claire Townsend. And when her body is found slain at the infamous “bookstore massacre,” Bert and every detective in the precinct is determined to get the man responsible. To do so, they’re going to have to…

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The Empty Hours

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Here are three chillers from the files of the 87th Precinct--by the author of the New York Times bestseller Kiss. This trilogy of murder includes "The Empty Hours", "J", and "Storm".

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Like Love

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A seemingly clear-cut suicide pact between two lovers becomes suspicious when the woman's insurance-recipient mother, her jealous husband, and the man's protesting brother are unveiled, except that the precinct is unable to prove that murder even took place. Reissue.

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Ax

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Eighty-six-year-old George Lasser was the superintendent of a building in the 87th Precinct until just recently. Unfortunately his tenure ended in the building’s basement with a sharp, heavy blade of an ax in his head…

There are no witnesses, no suspects, and no clues. The wife and son? They’re both…

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He Who Hesitates

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As Roger Broome tries to muster the courage to visit the 87th Precinct to talk about Molly, the woman he had met in a bar and took home, but Amelia, a pretty Spanish girl, leads him to forget his intentions, and with his every hesitation, the countdown on a innocent…

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Fuzz

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Twice outfoxed by a brilliant maniac, the men of the 87th attempt to uncover the master criminal known as the Deaf Man who shot the commissioner dead on the steps of Philharmonic Hall. Reprint.

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Shotgun

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With Walter Damascus, a psychopath who likes his women well-off, well-built, and dead, loose on the city, Detective Carella and the investigating team of the 87th Precinct must work overtime to find him before he can take out his next victim. Reprint.

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Jigsaw

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Detective Arthur Brown discovers that the odd-shaped snapshot found clutched in the dead man's hand is a piece of a deadly puzzle worth a suitcase of stolen cash. Reissue.

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Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!

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At midnight, one day dies as another comes to life. For the men of the 87th Precinct, they all bleed together in a never-ending cycle of crime and punishment. But every now and then, a day stands out as more unusual than the others. This is one of those days.…

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Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man

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"You'll have to speak a little louder," the voice said. "I'm a little hard of hearing."

Between a highly successful cat burglar and a hippie crucifixion, the 87th Precinct definitely doesn't need the Deaf Man showing up again-especially since his two previous appearances resulted in blackmail, murder, and general havoc.…

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Hail to the Chief

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Detectives Steve Carella and Burt Kling set out to end the racial warfare that caused the deaths of six teenagers.

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Bread

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It's the heart of the summer. Kids are playing in open hydrants. The water pressure is sinking, and tempers are rising. The cops of the 87th Precinct know that someone out there is fighting fire with fire. And as usual, its all about...

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Blood Relatives

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Steve Carella does not fit the picture of a big city detective. Well mannered and the consummate professional, he lacks the rough-hewn edges of the men who devote their lives to fighting crime on the streets. But there is one thing that tears him up…one thing that drives him to…

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So Long as You Both Shall Live

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Detective Bert Kling's wedding night is ruined when his beautiful bride is kidnapped by a psychopathic killer

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Long Time No See

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Jimmy Harris lost his eyesight in Vietnam. But it was on a cold city street that he lost his life. When 87th Precinct detectives Carella and Meyer interview Jimmy's blind wife, she doesn't tell them much. And by the next morning, she isn't talking at all--she's been murdered. The only…

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Calypso

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Two murders within four hours of each other on a rainy Friday afternoon leave a calypso singer and a hooker dead and the 87th Precinct with two more unsolved cases

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Heat

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While he investigates a questionable suicide, Detective Bert Kling begins to buckle under from the stresses of his personal life--he is afraid his wife is having an affair and he is being hunted by a psychopathic ex-convict.

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Ice

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Snow whips through the city’s streets like lethal daggers when a young actress leaves the theater after her latest performance. She walks home instead of taking the subway, and soon the snow on the ground is stained red with her blood. A cold, hard winter is blowing in, and it’s…

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Lightning

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The men and women of the 87th Precinct have their professional skills tested to the limit when several young women are raped multiple times by the same man and a serial killer who hangs his victims stalks the streets of the city. Read by Len Cariou. Book available.

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Eight Black Horses

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This compelling story of death and retribution skillfully combines the day-to-day action of a precinct station house with the tense drama of the search for the Deaf Man, a particularly abhorrent villain

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Poison

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Detective Hal Willis, investigating the deaths of two of Marilyn Hollis's former boyfriends, finds himself falling in love with the woman and uncovers a trail of deception and danger

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Tricks

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On Halloween night in the 87th Precinct, a liquor store owner is shot by costumed children, a headless torso is discovered, and Detective First Class Eileen Burke, disguised as a hooker, hopes to trap a serial killer

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Lullaby

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At the New Year, the men and women of the 87th precinct face the threat of gang warfare, a burned-out policewoman swears off sex and undercover work, and Detectives Meyer and Carilla search for the killer of an infant

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Widows

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Another summer. Another heat wave. And another murder so brutal it's hard to fathom the cruelty that stalks the city's streets. When Susan Brauer was stabbed thirty-two times with a paring knife, Detectives Carella and Brown find clues that connect her to the senior partner of a prestigious law firm.…