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This is Ed McBain's first novel of the 87th Precinct police series of novels which was published back in 1956. I am in the process of reading all of McBain's books in order (started this in 2015) and I can honestly say that this book still holds its own and does not feel fully dated. The book has an awesome hook in that the book starts off with the murder of a police detective and the boys at the 87 must solve the case. I am 22 books into my serial reading of the 87 precinct books and I still feel that this book is one of the strongest.

The main characters are well written and the writing really draws you into the 87 universe. If you like police novels pick this up now (and keep reading the other novels too!)

Notes:
Worth The Money: Yes
Would I Recommend It: Yes


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Cop Hater Ed McBain 9780451150790 Books Reviews

What can you say about Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series that hasn’t been said already?

He set the standard for police procedurals and over 57 books in the series always met that standard and most times bested it. Only McBain could make the weather – a February snowstorm in this case – a character as richly drawn as any human one.

And many times, he broke the mold – like here. This is an 87th Precinct book, yet the people who populate the word of the 87th Precinct are only bit players in this entry. The star is a man who spends the whole book vacillating between going to the police and returning to his home in upstate New York. That it didn’t feature McBain’s major characters kept me from giving it a higher rating.

This is the 19th book in the series, written in 1965, and it shows in the dialog, police procedures, and little details (75 cents for a Valentine’s Day card!) that bring a book to life. But McBain’s storytelling is as crisp and engaging today as it was 53(!) years ago.

'He Who Hesitates' is only 164 pages long, yet the story McBain tells is as complex and richly drawn as any two or three times that length. That’s the mark of a master.

I only have 6 books from this series left to read. And when I finish that sixth one, it will be a sad day indeed.
Almost all readers with the slightest interest in crime fiction are aware of Ed McBain and his 87th precinct series of fifty-five books. McBain was born Salvatore Lambino. He wrote "Blackboard Jungle" under the name Evan Hunter. He also was a screenwriter and adapted DuMaurier's short story into Hitchcock's "The Birds"and wrote for a number of TV series including "Columbo".

Set in the fictional Isola and remarkably similar to NYC, the 87th Precinct series spanned fifty years. The first book was "Cop Hater" (CH), 205 pages and published in 1956. CH focuses on Steve Carella, though he is not exactly the protagonist; rather that seems to be the cops of the 87th. The story begins with the murder of one of the 87th's detectives on his way to work late one night; he leaves a wife and two young kids. Before long there are more murders, all the victims are from the 87th.

I didn't really get into this book until I had finished the first fifty pages or so, and then I began to enjoy it very much I was particularly interested in how well a book written sixty years ago would hold up. Would it be relevant? ? I have read other crime fiction from this period and earlier and some have been ultra dull with such skimpy descriptions they could well have taken place anywhere between pre-WWll and post Viet Nam. But not so with CH. To my surprise, and delight, it was rather sexy. Not in a pulp fiction way, and while not graphic, there were scenes that you would not see in a Hitchcock film of any era. A second surprise was the crime solving technology. Residential air conditioning was rare in these days. During a heat wave, many folks would escape for a few hours of cool, not matter how bad the movie. But there were precursors of CSI already evident. Following one cop's murder, one of the investigators is able to make a fairly detailed and accurate description of the shooter based on forensic evidence of hair, blood and skin on the victim. One final big surprise is how naive and open one 0f the detectives is with a reporter going so far as to share the name of his fiance and the and the neighborhood in which she lives - I guess privacy had not been invented yet.

CH was very interesting. The story takes quite a turn toward the end. The plot is excellent, the pace is very fast, good tension and the dialog is excellent. What next. I don't intend to read a 55 book series at this stage but I will read more McBain. I think I will jump into the next decade, and choose a promising title (perhaps "Doll" from the mid-60s) and see how the stories compare over time, and then maybe to the next decade.

This is the second crime fiction classic I have read recently, the other being Ellery Queen's "Penthouse Murder". I recently took a course on classic crime fiction and will read and review a number of the books the professor cited.
This is Ed McBain's first novel of the 87th Precinct police series of novels which was published back in 1956. I am in the process of reading all of McBain's books in order (started this in 2015) and I can honestly say that this book still holds its own and does not feel fully dated. The book has an awesome hook in that the book starts off with the murder of a police detective and the boys at the 87 must solve the case. I am 22 books into my serial reading of the 87 precinct books and I still feel that this book is one of the strongest.

The main characters are well written and the writing really draws you into the 87 universe. If you like police novels pick this up now (and keep reading the other novels too!)

Notes
Worth The Money Yes
Would I Recommend It Yes