In 2011, Amazon's Thomas & Mercer acquired the rights to Ed McBain's 87th Precinct police mystery series, which had 35 titles and ran from 1956-2005, when the author died. The titles, which include Cop Hater, The Mugger, and The Con Man, won't be published until February 28, priced at $7.45, but the Kindle editions (the first time the books were published as e-books) were released in December for $4.99--and for free for Amazon Prime members as part of the Kindle Owner's Lending Library program.