King's Ransom (novel)

King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery is a novel by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) published in 1959.

First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster)

Adaptations
  • The 1963 Japanese film High and Low, directed by Akira Kurosawa, is loosely based on the novel.[1]
  • "King's Ransom", episode 21 of the American television series 87th Precinct, is based on the novel. It was broadcast February 19, 1962.
gollark: Okay, even if you don't need ATM-stolen levels of security, it still needs to be ridiculously secure.
gollark: Also, can you not, say, invisibly read from an RFID card someone had and take all their money?
gollark: That answer to 4.
gollark: Sorry. What?!
gollark: I can see a few problems:1. how are you planning to make secure bank cards?2. how will people trust the system?3. how is it actually more convenient than holding [CURRENCY] in your inventory?4. you will need it to be really secure - so secure that even if an ATM is stolen it won't be possible to meddle with the backend.

See also
  • Evan Hunter bibliography

References
  1. High and Low on IMDb
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