Evan Hunter

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1969
  • Latest Book:
    October 2021
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Full Series List in Order

An 87th Precinct Mystery

Hail to the Chief (1973)
Bread (1974)
Blood Relatives (1976)
So Long As You Both Shall Live (1976)
Long Time No See (1977)

Matthew Hope

10 - Mary, Mary (Apr-1993)
11 - There Was a Little Girl (Oct-1994)

Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • Last Summer

    Three teenagers turn an idyllic summer vacation into a violent nightmare in this “compelling and unforgettable” novel by the bestselling author of The Blackboard Jungle (Harper’s). Bored, restless, privileged teenagers Sandy, David, and Peter m...

  • Mothers and Daughters

    New York Times Bestseller: A “monumental” saga of four ordinary American women from the author of The Blackboard Jungle (The New York Times Book Review). Amanda, a small-town minister’s daughter with hopes for a musical career, and Gillian, a h...

  • The Interview

    in Master's Choice: Volume II

    An outstanding array of crime fiction by some of today's leading authors is accompanied by short stories from the acclaimed writers who inspired them and features works by Ian Rankin, Joyce Carol Oates, Mary Higgins Clark, Evan Hunter, Edgar Allan Po...

  • Hail to the Chief

    • / Law Enforcement
    • Buy Buy
    An 87th Precinct Mystery

  • Bread

    • / Law Enforcement
    • Buy Buy
    An 87th Precinct Mystery

  • Blood Relatives

    • / Law Enforcement
    • Buy Buy
    An 87th Precinct Mystery

  • So Long As You Both Shall Live

    • / Law Enforcement
    • Buy Buy
    An 87th Precinct Mystery

  • The Chisholms

    A family as raw and unyielding as the soil of the Virginia farm they left behind, they pursued their dream, journeying west across the American continent. In a boundless land of unimaginable dangers, they discovered their own will for survival -- and...

  • Long Time No See

    • / Police Procedural
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    An 87th Precinct Mystery



  • Every Little Crook

  • Ghosts

  • Love, Dad

    A young woman leaves home during the turbulent early '70s seeking freedom and self-expression yet, on her return, she cannot accept her father's pursuit of self-fulfillment through his divorce and remarriage...

  • Far from the Sea

  • Lizzie

    Lizzie Borden, America's most celebrated murderer, comes to vivid life in this riveting and chilling book by acclaimed author Evan Hunter as the portrait of a notorious woman unfolds with shocking clarity.Lizzie Borden took an axAnd gave her mother f...

  • Mary, Mary

    Matthew Hope - 10

    Despite overwhelming evidence quite to the contrary, defense attorney Matthew Hope is determined to prove that an eccentric woman is innocent of murdering three young girls, even though it may mean having to divulge his own troubling secrets. Reprint...

  • Criminal Conversation

    In a posh apartment hidden inside a working-class neighborhood, a man and a woman make love. But as they share the most intimate feelings lovers can have, their words are secretly recorded--by a New York City prosecutor who wants to put the man in ja...

  • There Was a Little Girl

    Matthew Hope - 11

    After Matthew Hope slips into a coma--the result of a drive-by shooting--his friends, private eye Warren Chambers and police detective Morris Bloom--must follow in his investigative footsteps to discover why he was shot. All signs point to the local ...

  • Romance

    It's not a mystery, it's a story of survival and triumph. That's what some people say about Romance, a would-be hit play about an actress pursued by a knife-wielding stalker. But isn't it romantic! Before the show can open, the leading lady is really...

  • Privileged Conversation

    Successful psychiatrist David Chapman decides to stay in the city and work while his wife and children vacation on Martha's Vineyard. All is not tranquil in the city, however. A chance meeting with a Broadway dancer evokes his every erotic fantasy. B...



  • The Blackboard Jungle

    The “shocking” and “suspense-packed” bestseller about one teacher’s stand against student violence, and the basis for the Academy Award"nominated film (The New York Times Book Review). After serving his country in World War II, Richard Da...

  • Barking at Butterflies and Other Stories

  • Candyland

    Evan Hunter is known for his powerful novels and screenplays. Ed McBain is known for portraying the soul of the cop. They have distinct narrative voices, but both are bestselling storytellers who have received worldwide acclaim. Now, in Candyland, ...

  • The Moment She Was Gone

    When Andrew Gulliver's mother tells him that his erratic twin sister, Annie, has disappeared again, he makes a desperate effort to find her and to figure out whether Annie does indeed have schizophrenia....

  • Let's Talk

    In the late 1980s, Ed McBain got a sore throat, not unusual except his then lasted on-and-off for the next ten years...Doctor after doctor attempted to treat his condition, but it got neither better nor worse and eventually became a source of some am...

  • Origins

  • Woman's World and Other Stories

    Damion couldn't believe his eyes--the universe's most beautiful women in one single planet, and they were all GIANTS! But he shouldn't let that fact overwhelm nor deter him. That trip to planet Krinn was crucial--their alliance to the Federation woul...

  • Danger: Dinosaurs!

    Owen Spencer would never have agreed to lead the time-slip expedition back to the Jurassic period -- the Age of Reptiles -- had he foreseen the terrifying experiences in store for the small group making the expedition. Chartering the expedition w...

  • Find the Feathered Serpent

    When the strange hourglass-shaped time machine crashed out of the twentieth century and into the Caribbean Sea of fourteen hundred years ago, Neil Falsen realized how unprepared he was to head the expedition that his father had organized back through...

  • Rocket to Luna

    When the first moon-bound rocket blasted off from the Earth's space station in 1983, it was as ready for every eventuality as scientists and engineers could make it. But neither the crew nor the authorities were prepared for the last-minute switch in...



  • Every Little Crook and Nanny

    A nanny will go to any length to save a kidnapped Mafia prince in this madcap mobster farce by the bestselling author of the 87th Precinct series. Her name is Nanny, and she’s the most cutthroat woman in New York. Prim, slender, and dangerously...

  • Buddwing

    An amnesiac hunts for his lost life in every corner of New York City in this “brilliant” novel from the bestselling author of The Blackboard Jungle (Chicago Tribune). Sunrise in Central Park. A man wakes up on a park bench with no idea who he is ...

  • Come Winter

    A glamorous ski resort becomes the setting for unspeakable evil in this “chilling, fascinating novel” by the New York Times"bestselling author of Last Summer (Los Angeles Times). Sandy, David, and Peter met as bored teenagers vacationing with t...

  • Strangers When We Meet

    New York Times Bestseller: A passionate, “no-holds-barred” story of an illicit suburban love affair from the acclaimed author of The Blackboard Jungle (The New York Times). Larry Cole has everything a man could want. He loves his wife, Eve, and i...

  • The Plagiarist From Rigel IV

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Evan Hunter has published 34 books.

Evan Hunter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Plagiarist From Rigel IV, was published in October 2021.

The first book by Evan Hunter, Last Summer, was published in April 1969.

Yes. Evan Hunter has 2 series.
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