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Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast

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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct police-procedural novels were published between 1956 and 2005. There were 55 books in the series and Paul, Morgan and Stephen explore them, the spin-offs, adaptations and more from the author.

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Ed McBain s The Con Man Episode 4 Bonus The Three Main Fluids 24.03.2017 14:29

**Hark! It's the 87th Precinct Podcast Bonus Episode!** Carrying on from our main episode, we examine (as usual) the different editions of the books we have and chat about Gena Rowlands as Teddy Carella. We discuss how we would cast a new 87th Precinct TV series in response to a listener question. Our next book will be "Killer's Choice". Please like, share and subscribe. Thanks for listening!

Ed McBain s The Con Man Episode 4 Who Wants A Crime and A Cross Between Alan Moore and Bob Ross 13.03.2017 52:27

Hark! It's the 87th Precinct podcast episode 4 - The Con Man! This time we're looking at the fourth novel (The Con Man - 1957) in the series and also looking at/comparing it to episode one of the 1961 TV series first episode, The Floater, which is adapted from this book. Along the way we get massively distracted by classic British police series, The Bill and develop a whole new and entirely implau...

Ed McBain s The Pusher Episode 3 Bonus Book Huffers 13.02.2017 8:43

**Hark! It's the 87th Precinct podcast Bonus Episode!** We have a look at our editions of The Pusher - discuss their relevant smells and graphics, Paul tells another story about a bookshop and then we finish in time to go and do a pub quiz (which we won). Join us next time for The Con-Man!

Ed McBain s The Pusher Episode 3 Large McGann 04.02.2017 37:33

**Welcome to Hark! Episode 3 - The Pusher!** The third of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series - we look at what could have been the last one, had they not been the successes they were and we answer some entirely unrelated listener questions along the way. TECHNICAL NOTE - a problem with digital clicks plagues the second half of this podcast. I've fixed it up as best I can but I'm afraid you will noti...

Ed McBain s The Mugger Episode 2 Bonus Knuckle Gusters and Listener Questions 23.12.2016 7:05

**Hark! It's the 87th Precinct podcast Bonus Episode!** This month we look at the cover art for our editions of "The Mugger" and answer a LISTENER QUESTION! Please feel free to get in touch with questions of any nature and we'll answer them on the Podcast! If you listen on iTunes, please like, subscribe and maybe review!

Ed McBain s The Mugger Episode 2 Against Conventional Maths 20.12.2016 34:53

**Hark! It's the 87th Precinct Podcast** with Episode Two - looking at Ed McBain's 1956 novel, the second in the series, "The Mugger". Bonus episode coming in a couple of days! Featuring Paul Abbott, Morgan Brown and Stephen Royston. If you're listening on iTunes please like, subscribe and/or review! Feedback appreciated however you access the Podcast.

Ed McBain s Cop Hater Episode 1 Bonus Ken and Sandra Internet 02.12.2016 7:14

**Hark! It's the first episode Bonus Material!** With each main episode we're intending, as an addendum, to look at the actual books we've got - compare editions, artwork and presentation. So, here's the first one. We all had the same (nearly) edition of Cop Hater, so we also look back to earlier releases. Thanks for listening. Book Two is "The Mugger"!

Ed McBain s Cop Hater Episode 1 Pigeon Stools and We Enjoy Apocrypha 22.11.2016 1:00:47

**Welcome to Hark! The 87th Precinct Podcast.** This is our first podcast looking at Cop Hater (1956). Paul, Morgan and Stephen look at Ed McBain's background, what was going on in 1956 and start to set the scene for the book. Finally, we get into some detail about the book. This episode is probably longer than we intend for most of them, but as this is Book One and we're still talking about the g...