87th Precinct Book List

In the following list, titles in the 'main' range are numbered 1 through 55, whilst the unnumbered entries list additional short-stories/novellas/cross-overs.

The Film/TV adaptation titles contain links to the relevant IMDB (or other appropriate site) listings, although we've not included every possible adaptation listing, as the table would end up unreadable (there's a lot more than you'd think). As of now (August 2019) we've stopped updating the book-by-book pages and removed the links. Most of this research is being saved for other purposes, but we'll share what we can on our social media links as appropriate.

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N.B. Whilst "And All Through The House" was originally published in Playboy in 1984 and as a special members-only "Book Club Edition", the most widely available release - the Warner illustrated edition - was in 1994 and so is being taken as the 46th book in the series, rather than the 38th. McBain's own website lists it as both 1984 and 1994 on different pages.

No. in SeriesTitleYear of ReleaseCopyright reg./Publication date (if known)Film/TV adaptation
1Cop Hater195620/03/56
10/04/56
Cop Hater (1958)
2The Mugger195620/08/56The Mugger (1958)
3The Pusher195620/11/56
10/12/56
The Pusher (1960)
4The Con Man195715/03/57
10/04/57
87th Precinct: The Floater (25/9/61)
5Killer's Choice195715/01/58Kraft TV Theater: Killer’s Choice (1958)
87th Precinct: Killer’s Choice (5/3/62)
87th Precinct: New Man In The Precinct (16/4/62)
Kao no nai onna: Kurushima keiji no hôkokusho yori (Japan) (2007)
6Killer's Payoff195815/05/5887th Precinct: Killer’s Payoff (6/11/61)
7Lady Killer195815/08/5887th Precinct: Lady Killer (9/10/61)
8Killer's Wedge195809/01/5987th Precinct: Lady In Waiting (2/10/61)
La Soupe aux Poulets (France) (1963)
Kyōfu no jikan (Japan) (1964)
Theatre of Stars: Deadlock (1967)
Plus Rien à Perdre (22/10/68)
The Way of Murder (Russia/Ukraine) (1993)
Satsui (Japan) (2005)
9Til Death195918/09/5987th Precinct: Til Death (11/12/61)
10King's Ransom195920/11/5987th Precinct: King’s Ransom (19/2/62)
High and Low (1963)
Inkaar (India) (1977/8)
Dongala Veta (India - Telugu) (1978)
Taiyo Eiro! 571 - Abduction (Japan) (1983)
Tengoku to jigoku (Japan) (2007)
11Give the Boys a Great Big Hand196011/03/60
25/03/60
87th Precinct: Give The Boys A Great Big Hand (15/1/62)
12The Heckler196015/07/6087th Precinct: The Heckler (18/12/61)
13See Them Die196009/12/60
14Lady, Lady I Did It196108/12/61Kofuku (Lonely Heart) (Japanese) (1981)
15The Empty Hours
(three short novellas)
196213/04/62
19/05/62
87th Precinct: Empty Hours (20/11/61)
16Like Love196214/12/62
17Ten Plus One196309/08/63Sans Mobile Apparent (France) (1971)
18Ax196411/09/64
19He Who Hesitates196526/04/65
20Doll196511/10/65Panenka (Czech) (1980)
2180 Million Eyes196604/04/66
22Fuzz196813/09/68Fuzz (1972)
23Shotgun196915/11/68
(23/05/69)
Brokovnice (Czech) (1992)
24Jigsaw197027/03/70Skladacka (Czech) (1991)
Columbo: Undercover (1994)
25Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here197116/04/71
26Sadie When She Died197211/08/72
27Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man197329/01/73
28Hail to the Chief197312/09/73
29Bread197402/10/74
30Blood Relatives197522/10/75Blood Relatives (1978)
31So Long as You Both Shall Live197604/05/76Columbo: No Time To Die (1992)
32Long Time No See197729/03/77
33Calypso197917/05/79
34Ghosts198020/05/80
35Heat198113/11/81Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997)
36Ice198315/03/83Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Ice (1996)
37Lightning198431/08/84Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995)
38Eight Black Horses198531/07/85
39Poison198704/05/87
40Tricks198706/11/87

McBain's Ladies1988
Story extract compilation
41Lullaby198931/01/89

McBain's Ladies Too1989
Story extract compilation
42Vespers199003/01/90
43Widows199102/01/91
44Kiss199207/01/92
45Mischief199307/07/93
46And All Through the House199401/11/94
47Romance199501/04/95
48Nocturne199701/05/97

Reruns1997
Short story in TV Guide magazine
49The Big Bad City199914/01/99
50The Last Dance200014/12/99
51Money, Money, Money200106/09/01
52Fat Ollie's Book200302/01/03
53The Frumious Bandersnatch200402/12/03

Love Or Money2004
Short story for BBC 'End Of Story'
54Hark!200406/07/04

Merely Hate2005
Published in Transgressions
55Fiddlers200512/09/05

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