Cop Hater

from Stahl-Ricco

“He had been a citizen of the city, and now his blood poured from his broken face and spread around him in a sticky red smear.” And, he was a cop. One of their own. From the 87th precinct. Then two more. “Who else would senselessly take three lives? It has to be a cop hater.” I finally read the...

from smik

The classic first novel of the 87th Precinct The heroes of the city's streets are becoming the hunted. When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two, it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is, until a third detective...

from tarablythe

This book was originally published in 1956. So a lot of the terminology and police techniques are way dated. I don't normally read anything this old, but I wanted to start this series from the beginning. I'm glad that I did. A lot of the slang terms used in this book were those which I had never ...

from Finxy

Review from Badelynge. This is the first book in Ed McBain's long running police procedural series 87th Precinct. McBain would continue writing the ongoing series for half a century until 2005, the year of his death. Someone is killing cops with a 45 calibre handgun. Steve Carella and the rest of...

from DeltaQueen50

Cop Hater by Ed McBain was originally published in 1956 and it's the first book in his popular 87th Precinct series. This is a well-written police story about the murders of three detectives of the 87th precinct which has the police force of this fictional city, a thinly disguised New York, on th...