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Killer's Payoff (1958) is the sixth 87th Precinct novel by Ed McBain. Plot. Sy Kramer, a blackmailer, is shot dead in a 1937-style drive-by execution. But it is 1958 and Cotton Hawes and Steve Carella have to find out who killed him.
- Evan Hunter
- 1958
Nov 19, 2013 · Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct Book 6) Kindle Edition. It’s like an old-time gangster movie: a speeding car, a blazing gun…and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders.
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- Evan Hunter
- Ed McBain
- 1958
Killer's Payoff. Ed McBain. 3.94. 2,644 ratings123 reviews. He appeared to be a decent, upright, honest citizen....And yet appearances can be more than deceiving in the world of blackmail and extortion. The shocking gangland-style murder of known blackmailer Sy Kramer begs the question: which of Kramer's marks had given him his very last payoff?
Nov 19, 2013 · 4.2 2,137 ratings. Book 6 of 52: 87th Precinct Mysteries. See all formats and editions. It’s like an old-time gangster movie: a speeding car, a blazing gun…and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders.
- Ed McBain
Sep 1, 2015 · It falls to detectives Steve Carella and Cotton Hawes of the 87th Precinct to pound the pavement of the city and beat the bushes of the backwoods for the suspect with the best motive, the most blistering weapon, and the biggest set of brass ones.
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- Ed McBain
Jan 17, 2023 · Cotton Hawes, the new guy among the 87th Precinct detectives, sleeps his way through Killer’s Payoff. I don’t mean he’s asleep while the action takes place. He’s in the middle of the action, you might say. That’s because, at virtually every turn in Ed McBain’s 1958 novel, Cotton is falling.
The shocking gangland-style murder of known blackmailer Sy Kramer begs the question: which of Kramer's marks had given him his very last payoff? A politician's beautiful wife with...
