Ed McBain: See them Die (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
"Kill me if you can."
Local thug Pepe Miranda's open challenge to the police has pushed July's heat to a boiling point. His latest crime elevated him to the top of the 87th Precinct's most wanted list, and now his dare is earning him street cred as well. With the city's most dangerous gangs mobilized for an epic showdown, the fate of the precinct hangs in the balance.

But Lieutenant Peter Byrnes and his detectives are ready for anything. They certainly aren't going to let a challenge like that lie -- not from someone like Miranda and not when a tip puts them hot on his trail. As the men of the 87th close in, they could be heading into a deadly gunfight that blows their city apart.

Ed McBain's See Them Die is a visceral journey into the heart of the 87th Precinct's meanest streets, a gritty, adrenaline-fueled freight train that hurtles toward its explosive conclusion.

Ed McBain: See them Die. An 87th Precinct Novel. Thomas & Mercer, ISBN: 9781612181806 (March, 2012), 200 p., $13.95.

Ed McBain: See them Die (UK 2004)

From the Publisher:
Kill me if you can - that was Pepe Miranda's challenge. Murderer, two-bit hero of the street gangs, he was holed up somewhere in the 87th Precinct, making the cops look like fools and cheered on by every neighbourhood punk.

It was not a challenge Lieutenant Pete Byrnes and the detectives in the squad room could leave alone.

Not in the sticky, July heat of the city with the gangs just waiting to explode into violence...

Ed McBain: See them Die. An 87th Precinct Novel. Orion, ISBN: 0752863797 (September, 2004), 196 p., £6.99.

Ed McBain: See them Die (UK 1994)

From the Publisher:
See Them Die
'Kill me if you can' was Pepe Miranda's challenge.
Murderer, two-bit hero of the street gangs, he was holed up somewhere in the 87th Precinct, making the cops look like fools and cheered on by every neighbourhood punk.

Not a challenge Lieutenant Pete Byrnes and the detectives in the squadroom could leave alone.

Not in the sticky July heat of the city with the gangs just itchy with the need to explode into violence.

'The best modern American crime writer' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Ed McBain is a master. He's virtually reinvented the police procedural novel' NEWSWEEK

Ed McBain: See them Die. A Novel of the 87th Precinct. Coronet, 1980, ISBN: 0340593377 (May, 1994), 191 p., £5.99.

Ed McBain: See them Die (UK 1980)

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'He hooks you... holds you' -- CHICAGO SUN TIMES
On the Precinct, July is always the month when summer is at its longest and its hottest.
Maybe it's the heat that's making the hoodlum kids of the street gangs even more trigger-happy than usual or maybe somebody's setting them a bad example.

It's certainly the heat that dominates the talk in the Precinct house, until Carella picks up the phone and somebody tells him where Pepe Miranda's holed up.

Murderer and mugger, Pepe's the worst kind of local hero on the barrio streets.
It's going to take a lot of cops with a lot of hardware to smoke him out...

ED MEBAIN'S 87th Precinct mysteries are 'the best of today's procedural school of police stories - lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful, and wholly satisfactory' -- NEW YORK TIMES

Ed McBain: See them Die. An 87th Precinct Novel. London: Pan Books, 1980, ISBN: 0330254022, 158 p., £1.95.

Ed McBain: See them Die (UK 1978)

From the Publisher:
'He hooks you... holds you' -- CHICAGO SUN TIMES
On the Precinct, July is always the month when summer is at its longest and its hottest.
Maybe it's the heat that's making the hoodlum kids of the street gangs even more trigger-happy than usual or maybe somebody's setting them a bad example.

It's certainly the heat that dominates the talk in the Precinct house, until Carella picks up the phone and somebody tells him where Pepe Miranda's holed up.

Murderer and mugger, Pepe's the worst kind of local hero on the barrio streets.
It's going to take a lot of cops with a lot of hardware to smoke him out...

ED MEBAIN'S 87th Precinct mysteries are 'the best of today's procedural school of police stories - lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful, and wholly satisfactory' -- NEW YORK TIMES

Ed McBain: See them Die. An 87th Precinct Novel. London: Pan Books, 1978, ISBN: 0330254022, 158 p., 60p.

Ed McBain: See them Die (USA 1976)

From the Publisher:
Kill me if you can - that was Pepe Miranda's challenge. Murderer, two-bit hero of the street gangs, he was holed up somewhere in the 87th Precinct, making the cops look like fools and cheered on by every neighbourhood punk.

It was not a challenge Lieutenant Pete Byrnes and the detectives in the squad room could leave alone.

Not in the sticky, July heat of the city with the gangs just waiting to explode into violence...

Ed McBain: See them Die. An 87th Precinct Novel. Signet AE1561, ISBN: 0451115619 (June, 1976), 196 p., $2.25.

Ed McBain: See them Die (USA 1969)

From the Publisher:
THE DEAD COP
lay face down on the street, blood turning his dark blue uniform even darker, and glistening red on the sidewalk under the hot summer sun.

The crowd that jammed the sweltering street stared silently at him. There was satisfaction, even joy, on their faces.
And for Steve Carella and the boys from the 87th, the question wasn't just how to trap a ruthless killer. It was how to stop the entire ghetto from exploding in an orgy of violence...

Ed McBain: See them Die. A 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Dell, 1969, Dell 7795, 157 p., ¢50.

Ed McBain: See them Die (USA 1961)

From the Publisher:
PEPE MIRANDA - BIG TROUBLE!
A cheap hood - but armed and ready to kill - and smart enough to evade a city-wide dragnet.
The grapevine says he's holed up in the 87th Precinct! Detectives Parker and Hernandez prowl the neighborhood. The young punks, the Latin Purples and the Royal Guardians, won't give them the time of day. Miranda is their idol.

The 87th Precinct is tense that hot, sticky Sunday. The people in the streets are rest-less, sensing the trouble the big trouble.
They find Miranda and Hernandez shouts: "I'm coming in to get you! Are you ready?"
Miranda is ready.

Ed McBain: See them Die. A new 87th Precinct Mystery. New York: Permabooks / Pocket Books, 1961, Permabooks M4229, 179 p., ¢35.