Ed McBain [pseud. Evan Hunter]

Killer's Payoff: A Novel of the 87th Precinct [Signed]

London: T.V. Boardman & Company Limited / American Bloodhound, 1960. Very Good Condition / Very Good Condition. Item #48922

London: T.V. Boardman & Company Limited, [1960]. First UK Edition. Octavo (19cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (12s. 6d.); 191pp. Moderate wear and a few small chips and closed tears to jacket margins, corners nudged, else a Very Good and sound example. Signed by the author on title page.

The second of McBain's novels to feature Detective Cotton Hawes and the sixth title overall in the 87th Precinct series, "the longest, the most varied, and by all odds the most popular police procedural series in the world" (St James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers," p. 718). This title issued as American Bloodhouse No. 312 by the publisher.

Price: $400.00