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Beauty and the Beast
- Matthew Hope, Book 3
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Series: Matthew Hope, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 8
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3 out of 5 stars
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
An anonymous sniper on a deadly rampage has the men of the 87th Precinct on their heels and the city with tattered nerves. They must somehow find their man before he takes aim again. A gritty, relentless pressure cooker of a thriller, Ten Plus One is one of best-selling author Ed McBain’s finest, the ultimate addition to the 87th Precinct series where time threatens to stand still and murder rules the day.
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3 out of 5 stars
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For genre fans only
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By: Ed McBain
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King's Ransom
- An 87th Precinct Novel, Book 10
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 49
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Story4 out of 5 stars 49
The book behind the major motion picture High and Low, King's Ransom is the tenth book in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. Here, McBain delivers the full-throttle action and suspense we have come to expect. When a wealthy businessman is faced with a kidnapping, the ransom could ruin his biggest deal ever - unless Detective Steve Carella can find the culprits before the kidnapping turns to murder.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Missed badly for me
- By BDHumbert on 08-18-17
By: Ed McBain
Publisher's Summary
When a pale beauty accuses her hideous husband of battery, then turns up dead, the lawyer she’d hired before her death is coerced into defending the accused man. Case closed…only the beast may be innocent.
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- Wayne
- 12-11-16
Legal thriller written 34 years ago
The man who wrote using the pen name Ed McBain and several other pseudonyms wrote many, many novels between 1952 and his death in 2005. Beginning several years ago Brilliance Audio, owned by Amazon, began publishing audio versions of the 87th Precinct series narrated by Dick Hill and the Matthew Hope series narrated by Luke Daniels. More than 50 of these audio books performed by top flight narrators are now available at Audible. These books are less expensive using Whispersync for Voice and very inexpensive with Kindle Unlimited. This is the first Ed McBain audio book I have listened to, but I have read many in the past.
Beauty and the Beast was first released in 1982. The racial language is a bit raw. It is set in southern Florida. The protagonist Matthew Hope is a civil/torts attorney who is persuaded to take on a murder case with racial overtones.
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