Police Procedurals - Academy Mystery Novellas, Vol 2 Author:Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Bill Pronzini (Editor) Four short novels describe police detectives investigating the cases of a rich murder victim who lived in poverty, a serial murderer, a dangerous blackmailer, and a child's claim that her mother murdered her stepfather. — The Empty Hours - Ed McBain (87th Precinct, Bk 15) — Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer, and the other men of the 87th Squad are involv... more »ed in a strange case of a murder victim who lived in poverty with $60,000 in the bank.
The Sound of Murder - Donald Westlake
A sensitive police procedural in which Detective Abraham Levine of Brooklyn's Forty-third Precinct solves one of his most painful cases.
Storm in the Channel - Georges Simenon (Inspector Maigret)
The brilliant Inspector Maigret demonstrates his many talents in this atmospheric account of murder and blackmail in a French coastal town.
Murder in the Dark - Hugh Pentecost (Lieutenant Pascal)
Lieutenant Pascal of the homicide department of the New York police follows a series of mismatched clues to the solution of a case involving a serial murderer.« less