Only rarely does a literary character appear to be fashioned not just with words but with blood and bone -- made so alive that you find yourself wondering, after you've read the final page, what he's ...

With the July 7 death of Ed McBain, we'll never know whether Detective Steve Carella's family will be damaged by drug use, whether the handsome blond Bert Kling will reunite with the beautiful ...

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct centers on Detective Steve Carella and the 87th Precinct as they investigate the toughest cases while juggling their own personal struggles.

HARTFORD, Conn. Evan Hunter, a prolific writer whose gritty Ed McBain 87th Precinct detective series pioneered the police procedural genre and laid the groundwork for a generation of TV cop dramas, ...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Evan Hunter, a prolific writer whose gritty Ed McBain 87th Precinct detective series pioneered the police procedural genre and laid the groundwork for a generation of TV cop dramas, ...