#an 87th precinct mystery

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Ed McBain - Blood Realtives - Random House - 1975

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Fated Mates is fun sometimes in fantasy, but it really is a terrible idea to push onto kids by presenting it as How Things Work. That's a whole rant about purity culture and encouraging kids to rush into marriage, though, so I'll stick to it being pride month and Harry not being excited about typical heterosexual behavior.

The hero getting the girl is a trope that is prevalent in fantasy stories, but the Harry Potter books were primarily mysteries. I think that's why so many people found Deathly Hallows to be a bit of a slog, the mystery element was lacking and it became a heist story with "how fo we pull this off now that we know the answers" as a central question, but then the heist wasn't the climax either.

Cut because I rant a lot about how HP is a story about mysteries and heists and not really a high fantasy or fairytale quest:

With both mystery and heist stories, romance isn't really that big of a subplot. I'm not saying you can't I'm saying it isn't a staple trope of the genera. There are lovely romantic moments with Detective Carlotta and his deaf wife in the 87th precinct novels, but we're here for whodunit. We are far too invested in finding out who is killing cops and how to catch them to be as invested in those moments except when they intersect the main plot naturally.

Who put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire and why? Who is Sirius Black and why is he after Harry? What is at the end of the corridor and why is Harry dreaming about it? Who is trying to steal something from the third floor, what is it, and why are they also trying to kill Harry? This is what held us in, and these are all mystery and heist plots. JKR should have had an editor helping her trim the fat as she did in earlier books, but she was a sensation now and reading her own fanfiction lowered the quality of her writing IMHO. She was greatly inspired by fairy stories and the setting is fantasy and magic, but the mechanics of the books start out solidly as a mystery with a heist at the end.

We could have ended with a hero who had flirted with some people but with that plot thread left in an open-ended state. He could be queer or ace or end up with Parkinson as the reader interpreted, and I think he didn't only because JKR didn't want to face that romance isn't her strong point. That she's a good writer but everyone has weak points, and being a greatcwriter means leaning into your strengths. No "babies fix everything, the status quo should never change" epilog and instead a seventeen-year-old who is now free to live his life. The epilog was to me, and so many fans, a reset similar to how a sitcom would reset to the status quo so the writers could write the next episode. It was sequel bait, and I don't think that is something JKR can really argue against given how blatant it is.

She wrote a very convincing closeted queer who hadn't had the time to figure himself out. It wasn't intentional, but sometimes the characters do things the author didn't expect and when you try to force it it results on an unsatisfying story.

Damn. Ron been knew.

Look. You can read Harry however you want. But it's wild to me that JK Rowling decided that this was how she was going to write a supposedly 'extremely unambiguously very heterosexual' character. Because. Um.

I mean. Cho is allegedly the girl that Harry has been crushing on for years. But he finds the idea of any type of romantic relationship with her deeply uncomfortable and alarming and really only proceeds because he feels like it's the expected thing he's supposed to do. Not just in this passage but in the other ones dealing with their relationship too.

Not to mention how off-putting he finds the attentions of girls more generally throughout the series. And yeah yeah I know there's other context as well. But it sure is interesting. Especially when you think about Harry's upbringing and how the Dursleys almost certainly would've straight as the default and not discussed anything else except maybe as veiled references to it in a denigrating and bigoted manner.

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Killer’s Wedge by Ed McBain       (Perma. 1959)

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Crime Files - Ice by Ed McBain #BookReview

“The mystery is engaging and McBain’s talent for snappy dialogue is second to none” Crime Files - Ice by Ed McBain -a #crime novel - #BookReview by Olly @whatmeworry

Ice coats the streets where the rapist prowls. Ice spills from the pockets of a dead diamond dealer. Ice runs through the heart of a cold-blooded killer and that of the players in a multimillion dollar show-biz scam. And the deep chill of winter, it is the 87th Precinct who must brave the winds of death to save a city frozen with fear. Title: Ice | Author: Ed McBain | Series: 87th Precinct #36 |…

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1962 Perma Books paperback

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Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six (1999)

The Machiavelli Club, mentioned on pages 34-35 of Gathering of the Sinister Six, as well as pages 162-163 of Revenge of the Sinister Six, was founded by Professor James Moriarty, from the Sherlock Holmes stories "The Final Problem," "The Adventure of the Empty House," and the novel The Valley of Fear.  Its members include various rogues from comic books, movies, prose fiction, and so forth:

* The waiter at the Macchiavelli Club is Henry from Asimov's BLACK WIDOWER stories. * Wilson Fisk (The Kingpin) * Obadiah Stane (The Iron Monger) from Iron Man. * Gruber brothers: Anton Gruber first appeared in the prose novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp (a sequel to his homosexual murder mystery The Detective).  Anton Gruber was basically a Baader-Meinof/Red Army Faction-style terrorist.  He was renamed Franz Gruber for the film Die Hard, while his brother Simon appeared in Die Hard With a Vengeance. * Doctor Fu Manchu is obviously "the long-lived oriental gentleman" that the Gentleman refers to.  (Although later on it is said that the Gentleman harbors prejudice against the Chinese, he makes no snide remarks about Doctor Fu Manchu.)  The Gentleman believes that Doctor Fu Manchu is dead due to the events of Master of Kung Fu #118, though he showed up alive and well in Marvel Knights I #4.  Marvel currently refers to him as the Ghost, due to licensing issues. * Auric is Auric Goldfinger, from the Ian Fleming novel.  Auric is derived from the Latin word for gold, from which its elemental symbol, Au, is derived. * Lex is Lex Luthor. * Justin Hammer is an Iron Man villain. * "The German Herr Taubman."  An alias used by a recurring villain called "The Deaf Man" in "The 87th Precinct" novels by Ed McBain.  Great novels BTW.  (Taubman is German for deaf man as I recall.)  Here's a clip from a fan site. * The Wrightsville Diedrich Van Horn is from the Ellery Queen novel Ten Day's Wonder, written by Ellery Queen.  (Ellery Queen was a sleuth created by two cousins who adopted his name as their pen name.  He went to a town called Wrightsville for vacations.  In the movies, Ralph Bellamy played Ellery Queen-Bellamy also appeared in two Eddie Murphy movies as one of the Duke brothers.) * Ras is Ra's Al Ghul, from the Distinguished Competition. * Soze is from the film The Usual Suspects. * Hannibal is Hannibal Lecter, from the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, and later Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. * Carmen is Carmen San Diego from the computer game and cartoon show. * Mr. Glass is from the film Unbreakable, as played by Samuel Jackson. * Napier refers to the Jack Napier, the Joker, from the 1989 Batman film. * Ernst is Ernst Blofeld from the Ian Fleming novel Thunderball. * Randolph and Mortimer Duke are from two Eddie Murphy films, Trading Places and Coming to America.  While in both these films Randolph and Mortimer Duke, insider traders, were played by the same actors (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy), Eddie Murphy was not playing the same person in these films, which were otherwise unrelated.

Although not mentioned as a member of the Machiavelli Club, Caspar Gutman worked with the Gentleman in the past, per page 166 of Secret of the Sinister Six. Casper Gutman comes from the Dashiell Hammett novel The Maltese Falcon, published in 1929.

Source: Marvel Universe Appendix

Carmen Sandiego is part of the Machiavelli Club, along with Jack Napier, Hannibal Lecter and Mr. Glass. Among others. Moriarty was a founding member, and the Gruber Brothers and a villain from an Ellery Queen novel have been members. The Gentleman briefly converses with two brothers, Randolph and Mortimer, who made their money on the futures exchange, and wonders how they earned a place at the club as they are no more 'evil' than standard stockbrokers.

Though not mentioned by name, Clint Eastwood, Robert Downey Jr. and Sylvester Stallone are all heavily implied to be attending Brick Johnson's funeral.

The cast from Scooby-Doo shows up at the end of the final book.

The 27th Precinct's Detective Briscoe takes statements.

Dr. Christian Szell is an old associate of The Gentleman.

Quentin Beck passes Cassady and Jesse.

In the third book, the Gentleman credits the inspiration for his overall Evil Plan to be a late associate of his named Auric.

One of the police officers in the third book is implied to be the son of Marge Gunderson.

Source: TV Tropes

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[christinesficrecs]

Law enforcement Sterek 💜

Unmapped by Jerakeen | 11.3K | Explicit

Stiles can never leave a good mystery alone.

Uncover the Endless Hours by BarlowGirl | 15K | Mature

The one where Stiles is a cop and Derek doesn't sleep.

The Road to Self-Actualization Is Littered with F-Bombs by blue_fjords | 24.8K | Mature

It's Stiles’s final Spring Break of his college career, and he's got plans to do a whole lot of nothing. But Derek has other plans for him, and before he knows it, Stiles is joining Derek to go undercover at a couples' retreat in a bid to catch a ring of thieves. It's the world's most perfect plan! Nothing could possibly go wrong!

Pack Up; Don't Stray by the_deep_magic | 55.2K | Explicit 

Werewolves are an enslaved underclass, collared and tagged by human masters. Detective Stilinski’s on duty the night they bring in an untagged stray.

Noteworthy by DLanaDHZ | 12.3K

Stiles and Derek share a desk at the station but work different shifts. Stiles is messy and Derek is very neat, which seems to work out fine... until the day the first passive aggressive sticky note is left on the desk telling Stiles to clean up. One note turns into two turns into two hundred as both officers become increasingly interested in their desk partner.

Murder, He Wrote by mklutz | 31.6K | Explicit

And that was how Stiles accidentally became a New York Times bestselling author.

Just Act Normal by zosofi | 78.6K | Explicit 

If someone had told Stiles back in high school that he would be an Oscar winning actor by the time he turned 25, he would’ve probably told Scott to punch them. The thing is, though…they would’ve been right.

Which makes returning to Beacon Hills, center of all that is supernatural and better left avoided, all the more awkward.

Howlin' For You by Lenore | 33K | Explicit

A college AU with strippers, crime bosses, and a mystery to solve.

Hostage in Love by allyarra | 6K

The one where Derek is a SWAT officer and Stiles is the newest hostage negotiator.

Glazed and Confused by wishingonalightningbolt | 13.7K | Explicit

Stiles is a forensic tech with the San Diego FBI. He thinks he's been fairly lucky, since he's never had his life threatened, sustained few injuries, and only has to work with his least favorite agent every once in a while.

And then all of that changes.

gave your smile to me by Sarageek16 | 4.7K

In which Stiles is a hooker (but not really), Derek wants to feed his skinny little body, and there is soup. Not necessarily in that order.

Fucked Up People (Cling Together) by linksofmemories_archive | 15K

“Can we stop at a non-fast food restaurant?” Stiles asked. “Like a place where we sit down and they take our order and then bring us the food?”

“Sounds like a date.”

“It’s not a date.”

“I know,” Derek said. “I was kidding.”

flint & tinder by grimm | 43.5K | Explicit

Casting spells, chasing monsters, wooing your coworkers and fucking them in their offices - it's all in a day's work for Stiles Stilinski.

Five Times Detective Stilinski and Fire Captain Hale Had Sex In Public, and One Time They Did It In A Bed by bleepobleep | 32.8K | Explicit

"Did you say--" Stiles starts.

"What?" Derek growls.

"We're not a couple!" they both retort in unison.

"We're not together," Stiles insists.

Lydia coughs pointedly. "An incident report filed by 87th Precinct Captain Erica Reyes. March twenty-fifth, eight p.m. Came back to the precinct to grab my coat, only to hear Stilinski banging his new boyfriend in the holding cell."

Deputy Derek Hale, Alpha by eldee | 12.6K | Explicit

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The first thing Stiles thinks when he opens the door is that it’s not his birthday, but someone has sent him some kind of cop stripper.

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Back when Stiles was in high school Beacon Hills didn't have a crime lab, because they simply didn't need one. Those were the days.

Cherrybomb by the_deep_magic | 13.1K | Explicit

Stiles is yanked up to his feet so fast that his world spins and his shoulder aches and he’s a second from screaming police brutality! when he gets a good look at the cop’s face.

Holy shit. Stiles was just tackled to the ground by a fucking underwear model with a badge.

Ain't Nothing so Good as the Cake and Eating it by sofonisba_found | 51K | Mature

Derek thinks he's doing alright in life, with his family at his side and a job he loves. Despite his family's concerns he remains adamant that he doesn't need a mate, afraid to take the risk of letting anyone close enough to try to hurt his family again. That is until he realizes that his true mate has been right under his nose for years, and that now through his inaction he may lose him.

[stellabystarlight12]

Detectives Steve Carella (Burt Reynolds), Meyer Meyer (Jack Weston), and Bert Kling (Tom Skerritt) are part of the 87th Precinct's team investigating a murder-extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man (Yul Brynner). While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high-ranking city officials, they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies. Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>    IMDB

An absolutely gorgeous poster by artist Richard Amsel. Everything about this movie should have worked. Burt Reynolds was fresh off the best reviews of his career with his performance in DELIVERANCE and his COSMOPOLITAN centerfold. (hence, the playful pose on the poster). Raquel Welch’s career was as hot as the sun. Jack Weston and Yul Brynner were established character actors who could always be counted on for a great performance. Tamara Dobson and Tom Skerritt were both on the cusp of stardom. The plot is an interesting mystery of Boston cops being pulled in multiple directions from a best-selling novel by Ed McBain, and adapted by Evan Hunter. 

SO....what happened? The movie was absolutely destroyed and sabotaged in the editing department. At times, the plot is made nonsensical by what would appear to be a mix-up of reels. Plot points are confused by scenes that are jumbled. Here is an example: Tom Skerritt’s police officer character is killed off, but later in the movie, his character is in the police station discussing the case.  If you’re going to tackle watching this movie, it might help to drop some acid first. It apparently worked for the editors. 

[redshirtgal]

Two days ago, we discussed the sad story of Lt. D’Amato along with some interesting factoids. Now it’s time to learn about the actor who played him, Arthur Batanides. His interest in show business started during World War II when he would entertain his fellow soldiers with his comedy routines. Once the war was over, he began classes at the old Actor’s Studio. Before long, he was finding plenty of work in television and in film as a character actor. If you watch enough TV reruns from the 60s and 70s, you probably have seen Arthur Batanides in a small guest part. Trivia - During the late 1940s, Batanides shared a rented house with Fred Freiberger while they were both taking classes at the Actor’s Studio. It was Fred who hired his friend for the part of D’Amato in the third season of Star Trek. But Fred also helped him land a few roles in another show, The Wild, Wild West. (Freiberger wrote one of the episodes in which Arthur appeared - “The Night of fthe Dancing Death").

Arthur Batanides is mainly known for playing a heavy in movies and television. In the first photo on the left, he plays Clay Boudreau in an episode of 87th Precinct,  one of three crooks who decide to hypnotize Greg Brovane into confessing to a robbery (and killings) he did not commit. In the middle of the group is another Star Trek guest star, Morgan Woodward. Mark Lenard (left) and Arthur Batanides (left) appear in the Mission Impossible episode “The Rebel.”

However, he first became known as an actor in a sci-fi series and went on to act in many other science fiction shows.

Art Batanides got his first acting start in the 1949-50 KTLA TV series The Armchair Detective. But his first semi-regular role was as a recurring villain in the sci fi television series Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers. In an interview for Starlog 189, Batanides remembers being followed on the set by one of the extras who would drive him nuts practicing his comedy routines which often involved sound effects like that of a machine gun. It turned out to be comedian Jonathan Winters. He also did a few cheesy sci fi movies. In the first one titled The Unearthly (1957) he played a good guy trying to stop John Carradine’s evil plot. A few years later, Batanides appears as one of victims of June Talbor aka “The Leech Woman” in the movie of the same name. Both films have been lovingly reviewed in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The actor chuckled during his Starlog interview as he recalled how terrible these were, so bad that he and the other actors had to bite their lips.

He was cast in two Twilight Zone episodes, “Mr. Denton on Doomsday” and “The Mirror.” In the latter episode, Peter Falk plays a Castro-like revolutionary named Ramos Clemente has a mirror that tells him which of his trusted supporters will attempt to assassinate him. One of his victims is played by Arthur Batanides and is named Tabal, ironically the leader of Clemente’s execution squad. Supposedly Tabal was based on real-life Che Guevera who had played a similar role in Castro’s rise to power.

He played a character named Lt. Garvin, one of the astronauts in “Specimen: Unknown” for The Outer Limits along with two of his former acting school friends, Russell Johnson and Richard Jaeckel. The plot involved astronaut/researchers bringing back plants that they discover on the planet. Unknown to them, the plants soon begin to emit spores and then a deadly gas which threatens the crew. The spores allow them to multiply rapidly. Does this plot sound familiar to Trek fans? Hmmm..... There are several other Star Trek connections as well. 1) this episode was directed by Gerd Oswald who would go on to direct “The Alternative Factor” and “The Conscience of the King.” 2) Robert Justman was the assistant director on the set just as he was for the first two Star Trek pilots. He eventually wound up as the associate producer and then finally the co-producer. 3) Bob Johnson and Vic Perrin both did voice-overs for this episode and also provided the same on several episodes of Star Trek. Vic was most famous as the Control Voice which was heard at the beginning of every show. 4) Finally, Fred Phillips was the makeup supervisor for this episode and performed the same duty on all three seasons of Star Trek. “Specimen: Unknown” earned the highest ratings of the first season. But Batanides bemoaned the fact that the whole show had a low budget and that none of the astronaut suits matched. A complaint we Star Trek fans are familiar with.

In The Time Tunnel’s episode titled “Attack of the Barbarians” Batanides was Batu Khan, Kubla Khan’s grandson. The actor has quite vivid memories of this character because he had to sit in the makeup chair for two hours and then they covered his head with a stretchy cloth so he appeared bald. But if you look at the results above, it appears the makeup artists did a wonderful job. Star Trek connections abound in this episode as well. Of course Lee Meriwether (Dr. Ann McGregor) would appear with him a few years later as Losira in “That Which Survives.” Another major character, Lt. General Haywood Kirk, was played by Whit Bissell, who also played the beleaguered station manager Lurry in “The Trouble with Tribbles.” There were also connections with two stunt people. Charlie Picerni was James Darren’s stunt double on the show itself (his brother Paul played a Mongol warrior in this episode). We saw him on Star Trek as a security guard in “Day of the Dove.” David Sharpe also performed stunts not only in this episode of The Time Tunnel, but he was also James Daly’s stunt double in “Requiem for Methusaleh” and was a stuntman in “Day of the Dove.”

Batanides next appeared as a caveman leader named Rongah in “The Space Primevals,” a 1967 episode of Lost in Space. Art remembers having to wear the animal skin and wig and doing an impromptu caveman dance in one scene. Rongah and his people worship a giant computer named Protineus. The machine convinces the cave people that the humans are a danger to their people, ordering them to lock up Major West and Dr. Smith. It becomes clear that Protineus is acting much like Landru in “Return of the Archons.” There is even a scene where The Robot tries to confound Protineus by performing a series of magic tricks, much like Captain Kirk confounding computers in many episodes. Not many other Star Trek Connections here except for Sandy Gimpel (a Talosian in “The Cage”) as Will Robinson’s stunt double and Fred Steiner’s music.

For the most part, Art was not too enthusiastic about taking roles in science fiction, despite the number of them in which he appeared. He was afraid it was going to wind up getting him typecast. When Freiberger offered him the part of D’Amato in “That Which Survives,” he was pleasantly surprised that his character was not the heavy nor did he have to do anything ridiculous like jump around the stage doing a caveman dance. D’Amato was pretty much a straight up role and Batanides enjoyed doing the show. Ironically, the role of D’Amato is one of the two roles for which he is most remembered. Asked what he remembered most about the episode, Batanides recalled they had the planet set on rollers to make it easier to simulate the earthquakes that rocked the planet. He was impressed with all the cast members, especially Leonard Nimoy. Trivia - During the late 1940s, Batanides shared a rented house with Fred Freiberger while they were both taking classes at the Actor’s Studio. It was Fred who hired his friend for the part of D’Amato in the third season of Star Trek. But Fred also helped him land a few roles in another show, The Wild, Wild West. (Freiberger wrote one of the episodes in which Arthur appeared - “The Night of the Dancing Death.”

Freiberger was not the only influential friend he had. Over the years, Batanides had worked on many movie and television shows with director Jerry Paris, another friend of his from the Actor’s Lab. Jerry was made director of the first sequel to Police Academy. As he was looking over the script, he noticed a character who had been scratched out. However, he decided it was a great role and called Art to play Mr. Kirkland, father of the Kirkland family. Batanides today is still most often remembered for his role as Mr. Kirkland and as D’Amato. He retired after doing one last Police Academy movie (City Under Siege) and spent the last ten years of his life doing a few roles but mainly traveling various places with his wife. He died of natural causes in January of 2000.

[don-lichterman]

Fuzz

With razor-bright wit and an excellent cast that includes Burt Reynolds (“Gator”), Raquel Welch (“Legally Blonde”), Tom Skerritt (“Poltergeist III”), Jack Weston (“Cuba”) and Yul Brynner (“Futureworld”), this uproarious action-comedy about an incompetent police force is an absolute laugh riot! Adapted from the satirical 87th Precinct Mysteries, Fuzz is a slick police thriller so rip-roaringly…

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Hypothetical titles for season four of 88

The Magistrate. Findlay, Sydney and Drummond are awarded for putting an end to LATCH by the governing force behind the Coexistence. Guest starring Paul Telfer as the Minotaur Magistrate Coleman Tarbh and Dolly Parton as his human wife Magistrate Evelyn Tarbh-Adams

Van Buren. A visit to Findlay and Sidney’s alma mater leads to Drummond making a decision about his future as his parents investigate a spate of serial arsons on campus. Guest starring Margo Martindale as University President Lila Sachs (a human) and Dakota Fanning as Dean of Admissions Arlene Jenkins (a witch)

Monroe Hall. Drummond’s week long orientation takes a turn for the weird as he befriends the residency advisor Alfie Coolidge, a woodland nymph. (Guest starring David Mazouz as Alfie)

The worst thing ever to happen. It’s a nightmare come true for Findlay as Captain Birch gets engaged to Jacob Spratt. (This episode upgrades Manny Jacinto to a series regular)

The fiancé and the funeral. President Ullman’s (Julia Roberts) apparent suicide by sleeping pills leads to a state funeral and Sidney having to team up with a very snooty secret service agent Carter Sovereign (Ciara Bravo) who just just so happens to be the fiancé of the new presidents grandson (also guest starring Stockard Channing as the new president Guilroy and Jeremy Shada as her grandson Robbie).

You ask too much. Delaney’s old society friend Matilda Crosse (Karyn Parsons) is being blackmailed with her affair from 100 years ago. Findlay must decide if she can put her rivalry with Spratt aside when Birch asks her to be his best ma’am at the wedding.

Mr Fanservice. The 160th Mr Fanservice Competition is under threat when someone keeps assassinating the previous winners. Findlay and Sidney must protect Jones who was Mr Fanservice 1910 and the current title holder Chase Hanson (Henry Simmons). Also guest starring Peri Gilpin

Salt, pepper, aniseed and arsenic. Make believe turns deadly real at Skipper and Oswald’s one year wedding anniversary murder mystery party. Or so they think.

At long last it ends. Negotiations to save the 88 finally come to an end as Sir Corman deems it permissible to absorb the 87th and 89th precinct.

October heat. Sidney and Findlay are put on a missing persons case. Santa Claus’s (Harrison Ford) grandson Vikram (Sunny Pawar) has been missing since the Attack on New York. Which just so happens to be when Santa’s son Mayor Ladislau Claus (George Clooney) was killed. Also gives starring Archie Panjabi in flashbacks as Vikram’s late mother

Face the father. Part one. Midseason finale. Continuing on from last episodes cliffhanger. Drummond is hurled back to 1920 where he comes face to face with the young version of his biological father. Guest starring Colin Ford as young Hollis Carothers.

No son of mine. Part two. Midseason premier. Drummond is forced to do battle with Hollis if he has any hope of getting back to 2045

The fallen 10,000. As Drummond comes to grips with his 1920’s ordeal. Flashbacks chronicle the immediate aftermath of the Attack on New York.

Con-science. Chambers gets a job a Van Buren as an ethics professor. All on Delaney’s recommendation. Which just so happens to coincide with a spate of kleptomania in Monroe Hall

Gatekeep. Drummond’s former connection to the Carothers crime family is leaked to the press. Making him a victim of a very moralistic Van Buren professor and her herd of favoured students. Guest starring Rosie O’Donnell

Tribunal. Jones finds himself up against an inquiry when an anonymous complaint is made about his judgment to New York’s new mayor. Guest starring Adam Scott as Mayor Anson Hale.

War’s Wards. Jacob Spratt gets called upon to reunite the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Pestilence (Ben Schwartz), who’s now a high strung environmental lawyer. Famine, who now owns and operates a soup kitchen (Alfie Enoch). War, who runs a community centre (Chris Wood). And Death, who’s the only one of the four who’s kept his original job as is (Daniel Radcliffe)

RV. Part one. Drummond tells the family a secret about Evelyn that has everyone running to Blackpool in England to escape her.

Rv. Part two. The reprieve is cut short when Anson summons Jones back to New York for the second stage of the inquiry.

A to Z. Godfrey Christensen (Eric Bana) makes a very rare visit to New York. The subject. Stopping Evelyn’s plans.

Rib bone. Part one. Magistrate Evelyn Tarbh-Adams is deathly unhappy that Drummond couldn’t keep her secret. And she’s going to make sure he knows it.

Eden. Part two. Season finale. Sidney and Findlay enlist the help of Godfrey, Devon and Andy Christensen in a battle through time as Evelyn’s plans come to fruition. Guest starring Bernard Curry and Mitchell Hope. With a special guest appearance by Deniz Akdeniz

[criminolly]

The Frumious Bandersnatch by Ed McBain #BookReview

“After the highly amusing ‘Fat Ollie’s Book’, it all feels a bit lacking in spark and fun” The Frumious Bandersnatch by Ed McBain #BookReview

CriminOlly thinks: Sub par 87th Precinct mystery is bolstered by some strong character based storylines. 3/5 Title: The Frumious Bandersnatch | Author: Ed McBain | Series: 87th Precinct #53 | Publisher: Orion | Pages: 304 | Publication date: 2003 | Source: Self-purchased | Content warnings: Yes | Tolerance warning: No Review This, the 53rd of the 87th Precinct books is somewhat disappointing.…

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EDDIE QUILLAN.

Filmography

Movies

1926: A Love Sundae

1926: The Ghost of Folly

1926: Puppy Lovetime

1926: Alice Be Good

1926: Her Actor Friend

1926: The Perils of Petersboro

1926: Should Husbands Marry?

1926: Hesitating Horses

1926: Kitty from Killarney

1927: Pass the Dumplings

1927: The Plumber's Daughter

1927: Catalina, Here I Come

1927: The College Kiddo

1927: The Golf Nut

1927: For Sale, a Bungalow

1927: The Bull Fighter

1927: Love in a Police Station

1928: Show Folks

1929: Géraldine

1929 - Noisy Neighbors

1929: The Godless Girl

1929: The Sophomore, by Leo McCarey.

1930: Night Work

1930: Big Money

1931: Sweepstakes

1931: The Tip-Off

1931: The Big Shot

1932: Girl Crazy

1933: Strictly Personal

1933: Broadway to Hollywood

1934: Hollywood Party, by Allan Dwan, Richard Boleslawski and Roy Rowland.

1934: Gridiron Flash

1935: Mutiny on the Bounty, by Frank Lloyd.

1936: The Gentleman from Louisiana

1936: The Mandarin Mystery

1937: London by Night

1937: The Big City, by Frank Borzage.

1938: Swing, Sister Swing

1939: Made for Each Other, by John Cromwell.

1939: The Family Next Door

1939: The Flying Irishman

1939: Hawaiian Nights

1939: Allegheny Uprising, by William A. Seiter

1940: The Grapes of Wrath, by John Ford.

1940: La Conga Nights

1940: Margie

1940: Dancin on a Dime

1940: Dark Streets of Cairo, by László Kardos.

1940: Where Did You Get That Girl?

1941: Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga

1941: Too Many Blondes

1941: The Flame of New Orleans, by René Clair.

1941: Flying Blind, by Frank McDonald.

1942: Kid Glove Killer

1942: Priorities on Parade, by Albert S. Rogell

1943: Follow the Band

1943: Alaska Highway

1943: Melody Parade

1943: Here Comes Kelly

1943: Hi'ya, Sailor

1943: It Ain't Hay, by Erle C. Kenton

1944: The Impostor - Strange Confession

1944: Hi, Good Lookin!

1944: Slightly Terrific

1944: Twilight on the Prairie

1944: Dixie Jamboree, by Christy Cabanne.

1944: Dark Mountain

1944: Moonlight and Cactus

1944: The Mystery of Riverboat

TV

1958: Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1958-1960 and 1962: The Real McCoys

1959: The Texan

1959: Love of the Plainsman

1959: The Alaskans

1960: 77 Sunset Strip

1961: Surfside 6

1961: 87th Precinct

1961: Mister Ed

1961: Death Valley Days

1961-1962 and 1966: Perry Mason

1962: Hennessey

1962: The Detectives

1962: Pete and Gladys

1962: My Three Sons

1962: Checkmate

1962: Bonanza

1962: The Rifleman

1962 and 1965: The Lucy Show

1963: McHale's Navy

1963: Hazel

1963: Glynis

1963-1964: Petticoat Junction

1964: No Time for Sergeants

1964-1965: Burke's Law

1964-1965: Valentine's Day

1964-1966: The Addams Family.

1966, 1968 and 1970: Daniel Boone

1967: The CIPOL agent

1967: Batman

1967: It's About Time

1967: Cimarron

1967: The Big Valley

1967-1968: Gomer Pyle: USMC

1967-1969: The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967 and 1969: The Wild Wild West

1973: GriFF

1973-1975: Mannix

1973, 1976-1977: Police Story

1974: Hitchhike!

1974: Melvin Purvis G-MAN

1975: Lucas Tanner

1975: Harry and Maggie

1976: Petrocelli

1976: The Streets of San Francisco

1977: Chico and the Man

1977: The Banana Company

1977: Policewoman

1977: Mad Bull

1977,1979-1980, 1982-1983: The House on the Prairie.

1979: The Darker Side of Terror

1980: The Jeffersons

1980: For the Love of It

1982: Father Murphy

1982: Here's Boomer

1984 and 1986: Highway to Heaven

1985: Hell Town

1986: Moonlight

1986: The A-Team

1987: Matlock.

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Novel: The Con Man

Plot The 87th Precinct has a big problem and a little problem. The little problem is a con man who is going around lifting hundreds of dollars at a time off unsuspecting citizens. The big problem is that women are turning up in the river with a bellyful of arsenic and a cute little tattoo on their hands.

Notes Ed McBain's procedural novels simply work. Everything about them is perfect. The sentences are well-wrought and vivid without being showy. The plots are logical without being mechanical. The action moves briskly without losing characterization. How does he do it?

I'm tempted to put it down to process. The author simply knows his characters and their world so well that he simply has to let them onto the page to speak in their own voices and do what they're going to do anyway. After that, his job is to get out of the way. Give them a plot that doesn't force them to strain themselves [**], and employ a prose that sweeps cleanly across the page so that there's nothing to distract from them and what they're doing. Suspense is handled by giving them a goal and subtly frustrating them as they go about trying to realize it.

But crediting it all to "process" is, in a sense, to credit it to mystery, to the creative vortices at work inside the black box in one's brain that creates stories. So maybe the above is just another way of saying, "I don't know how he does it."

** There really isn’t much to the plot of The Con Man. There are no Poirot-clever deductions, and the criminals are no masterminds. The con man is apprehended only because he had the bad luck to try his con on the detective who was looking for him, and the murderer is caught through a similar coincidence. 

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Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct Mystery Magazine