Novels
- Heaven Ran Last (1949)
- Very Cold for May (1950)
- Shield for Murder (1951)
- The Crooked Frame (1952)
- The Big Heat (1953)
- Rogue Cop (1954)
- The Darkest Hour (1955)
- Night Extra (1957)
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1957)
- Savage Streets (1959)
- The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1966)
- Caprifoil (1972)
- Reprisal (1973)
- Night of the Juggler (1975)
- Soldiers of ’44 (1979)
- The Seeing (1980)
- Summit (1982)
- A Matter of Honor (1984)
Omnibus
- We, the Machine / Planet of Dread (2012)
Collections
- The Science Fiction Collection 3 (2018)
Novellas
- Send Along a Wreath (2019)
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William P McGivern Books Overview
The Big Heat
MURDER WAS IN THE AIR. A COP HAD KILLED HIMSELF, AND EVERY CROOK IN TOWN KNEW THAT WOULD BE SURE TO BRING ON The Big Heat. Why did they fear a dead man? Dave Bannion, homicide sergeant, fought for the answer to that question. The dead man was a police clerk who shot himself for no obvious reason. That was Bannion& 39s first judgment, until a girl named Lucy presented a quite different picture of the dead man from the one he had shown to the world and to his fastidious, glacial wife. Bannion& 39s chief, Lieutenant Wilks, wanted the case closed and speculation ended quickly and tightly. So did Max Stone and Lagana, who held the city in a sinister, underworld grip. But why? Why did they all fear a dead man…
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Odds Against Tomorrow
McGivern’s electrifying and complex crime novel brings together two misfits one black, one white with nothing left to lose and nothing but each other. When the two team up for a bank robbery, the losers are about to play a sucker bet with their lives. The classic movie adaptation of Odds Against America starred Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan.
Night of the Juggler
NYC waits breathlessly for the Juggler to strike again on October 15. The killer is sought before he hit. Meanwhile a childlike giant watches and waits for the right young victim. When he mistakenly takes the young daughter of of an ex cop, the killer has met his match. A manhunt through NYC ensues. A trhiller…
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