'Til death [Import] [Paperback]

Ed McBain (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Penguin crime; New Ed edition (1964)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140021647
• ISBN-13: 978-0140021646
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,910,704 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed McBain was one of the many pen names of the successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter (1926 - 2005). Born Salvatore Lambino in New York, McBain served aboard a destroyer in the US Navy during World War II and then earned a degree from Hunter College in English and Psychology. After a short stint teaching in a high school, McBain went to work for a literary agency in New York, working with authors such as Arthur C. Clarke and P.G. Wodehouse all the while working on his own writing on nights and weekends. He had his first breakthrough in 1954 with the novel The Blackboard Jungle, which was published under his newly legal name Evan Hunter and based on his time teaching in the Bronx.

Perhaps his most popular work, the 87th Precinct series (released mainly under the name Ed McBain) is one of the longest running crime series ever published, debuting in 1956 with Cop Hater and featuring over fifty novels. The series is set in a fictional locale called Isola and features a wide cast of detectives including the prevalent Detective Steve Carella.

McBain was also known as a screenwriter. Most famously he adapted a short story from Daphne Du Maurier into the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). In addition to writing for the silver screen, he wrote for many television series, including Columbo and the NBC series 87th Precinct (1961-1962), based on his popular novels.

McBain was awarded the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America and was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. He passed away in 2005 in his home in Connecticut after a battle with larynx cancer.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MCBAIN NEARLY ALWAYS GOOD!!!!, March 24, 2002

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Mac Blair "Mac Blair" (Huntingdon, TN USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Til Death (Signet) (Paperback)

I think only Ed McBain could take only one day and write a whole book that would hold my attention. Steve Carella's sister is getting married and maybe, just maybe someone is trying to kill the groom. Who and why? It could be one of several people but Steve and his buddies from the 87th are running out of time to find the killer. Bert Kling and Cotton Hawes are off duty but agree to come to the wedding to help. Myer Myer and the ones on duty are working on another angle. Also, Teddy, Steve's wife is expecting a baby any time. Does she have it in this book or maybe the next one, have to read to find out. You will not want to put this one down when you start it. A quick easy to read good book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Professional and Personal, March 31, 2000

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This review is from: Til Death (Signet) (Paperback)

This is one of my favorites of the 87th precinct. McBain changes his usual venue and direction a bit in this one. We get to see Carella's loving relationship with his family. With his sister's wedding and his wife's pregnancy, Steve's got lots of family concerns to worry about. That doesn't mean "Til Death" in anyway lacks suspense. The pleasantries of a big Italian wedding continue in the backgroud while Carella must play cat and mouse with a killer.

5.0 out of 5 stars Three guns and a wedding, January 22, 2012

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Kipp Poe Speicher "Kipp Poe Speicher" (Canton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Til Death (87th Precinct) (Kindle Edition)

I was so excited when I heard Ed McBain was coming to Kindle and after 6 months after the announcement they are here. The wait was well worth it. The story takes place all in one day and keeps you reading at a very fast pace just to see what will happen next. Steve Carella sister is getting married and in trying to keep her day as special as it should be Steve and his colleges have their work cut out for them. With murder and mayhem going on behind the scenes.