Ed McBain: Killer's Choice (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
Annie Boone is dead. She was shot four times in the chest, pieces of the liquor store's windows spread over her body like raindrops from a lethal storm. For 87th Precinct Detectives Carella, Kling, and newcomer Hawes, even more troubling is the loss of one of their own. Detective Roger Havilland is murdered shortly thereafter, a shard of glass through his jugular.

Faced with a host of suspects -- from Annie's former mother-in-law to her ex-husband, employer, and a string of boyfriends -- the detectives find themselves with a victim whose identity spurns all conventional definition. She was the store's saleswoman... as well as a divorced mother, pool shark, society lady, drunk, and patron of the ballet. Each facet of her life has a corresponding potential suspect. The only way for Carella and the men to find her killer -- and maybe that of Havilland, too -- is to find out who she really was. The problem is, the only one who really knew her died in a shower of glass.

A brooding, mesmerizing psychological thriller, Killer's Choice is a stunning addition to mystery icon Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. Its complex plotting and extraordinary intensity, which culminates in an explosive finish, will leave you breathless.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice. An 87th Precinct Novel. Thomas & Mercer, ISBN: 9781612181691 (March, 2012), 220 p., $13.95.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice (UK 2009)

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Pretty redhead Annie Boone lay face down on a liquor store floor, surrounded by broken bottles and riddled with bullets. Detective Roger Haviland lay face up in a grocery store's front window, a shard of glass piercing his jugular.

A homicide in the 87th Precinct wasn't exactly front-page news. But two murders made headlines. Both added up to BIG trouble. A mistake by Detective Steve Carella's new partner, Cotton Hawes, could put them both in the line of fire where a wrong move could get a good cop killed.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice. An 87th Precinct Novel. Allison & Busby, ISBN: 9780749080280 (March, 2009), 220 p., £6.99.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
A homicide in the 87th Precinct wasn't exactly front-page news. But two murders made headlines. Both added up to big trouble
Pretty redhead Annie Boone lay facedown on a liquor store floor, surrounded by broken bottles and riddled with bullets. The boys of the 87th didn't have a suspect without an irontight alibi... or a reason for someone to shoot Annie dead.

Detective Roger Havilland lay faceup in a grocery store's front window, a shard of glass piercing his jugular. A crazy bag lady was Detective Steve Carella's best witness. But a mistake by Carella's new partner Cotton Hawes could put them both in the line of fire... where a wrong move could get a good cop killed.

'Familiarity with the cops of the 87th Precinct breeds something like devotion: the more we know about them, the more we want to know. Their puzzles are our nightmares.' -- NEWSWEEK

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice. Classic 87th Prcecinct. Allison & Busby, ISBN: 0749004525 (October, 1999), 219 p., £5.99.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice (USA 1996 / 3rd printing)

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THE 87TH PRECINCT
Welcome to the most popular, realistic series of police procedurals ever written -- and the. men and women who live their lives on the streets of the 87th Precinct...

KILLER'S CHOICE
Take your choice. Was she a devoted mother or a pool shooting party girl in a low-cut red dress. Was she a beloved wife or a rich man's mistress? Someone killed Annie Boone all right -- reduced her to an odd-looking, crumpled figure splattered with broken bottles of booze. But who had the killer killed As Detectives Carella and Kling pick up the pieces of her interrupted life, as the city swirls around them and a cop named Cotton joins the mayhem of the 87th Precinct, they move relentlessly closer to some answers and farther from others. Until all they have is the one thing a cop can never choose: the cold, hard truth...

"ED MCBAIN IS A MASTER.... FAMILIARITY WITH THE COPS OF THE 87TH PRECINCT BUILDS SOMETHING LIKE DEVOTION: THE MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THEM THE MORE WE WANT TO KNOW." -- Newsweek

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice. A Novel of the 87th Precingt. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446601446 (June, 1996 / 3rd printing, no date given), 180 p., $5.99.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice (USA 1991)

From the Publisher:
Shards of glass spread like raindrops over the body of the woman on the floor of the liquor store. Annie Boone was dead -- shot four times in the chest, and her life's blood drained from her.

Annie Boone was a contradiction -- divorced mother and pool shark, society lady and drunkard, saleswoman in a liquor store and patron of the ballet. She was as unpredictable as her red hair suggested.

Detective Steve Carella and the men of the 87th Precinct are faced with a host of suspects as they begin their investigation of this senseless murder. Her former mother-in-law, ex-husband, employer and numerous boyfriends top the list. Each corresponds to a different side of Annie's life. But as Carella gets deeper into his investigation, he is haunted by the complexities of the case. Who was the real Annie Boone? Were they all one and the same? The only one who seemed to know was Annie herself and she was dead.

Now available for the first time in hardcover!

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice. An 87th Precingt Mystery. With a new introduction by the author. Armchair Detective Library, ISBN: 1562870084 (December, 1991), 157 p., Trade $18.95, Collector $25.00, Limited $75.00.

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice (USA 1981)

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OVER 50 MILLION McBAINS SOLD WORLDWIDE!
"YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH McBAIN!" -- CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
ANOTHER MURDERED YOUNG WOMAN. BUT THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT - VERY DIFFERENT.
To the pool shark, she was a green-felt ace who could shoot with the best of them. To the bank teller, she was a serious young lady who shared his love of the classics and ballet. To the blind boy, she was a kind heart with a tragic drinking problem. To her boss, she was a vivacious, good-time redhead. She was Annie Boone, woman of many faces, and she was dead. Chief cop Steve Carella of the 87th Precinct had to find a lot of fast answers to a lot of crazy questions.

"McBAIN HOOKS YOU... HOLDS YOU.' -- CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Ed McBain: Killer's Choice. She was many different women to many different men. Now she was dead. A Classic 87th Precingt Mystery. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 034529288X (July, 1981), 157 p., $2.25.