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Hark!
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future crime, if only they can figure out what he means.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A disappointment
- By Adams on 10-24-04
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Fat Ollie's Book
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Michael Arkin
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
Murders happen every day in the big bad city. They're not such a big deal, you know. Even when the victim is a city councilman as well-known as Lester Henderson.
But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the squeal about the dead councilman, his leather dispatch case is stolen from the back of his car....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny
- By Amazon Customer on 08-22-12
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Fiddlers
- A Novel of the 87th Precinct
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. Seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial killers don't use guns. Most serial killers don't strike five times in two weeks. Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what, or whom, the victims had in common before another body is found.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I disagree
- By Michael on 10-10-06
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Ice
- An 87th Precinct Mystery, Book 36
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
Murder is in season as a brutal winter grips the city. The detectives of the 87th Precinct must fight the elements and turn up the heat to find a ruthless killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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holds up well nicely done. excellent procedural.
- By kevin d o neill on 12-10-15
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Kiss
- 87th Precinct, Book 44
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
When a bodyguard is hired to protect a successful businessman’s wife, the detectives of the 87th Precinct are brought in to investigate why she has two near-fatal accidents on his watch.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but disappointing
- By Wayne on 12-16-16
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Mischief
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Len Cariou
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17
In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood. Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and the 87 with riddling clues for solving a crime, or crimes, not yet committed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Love the Step by Step Detail
- By Patricia on 05-24-12
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Hark!
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future crime, if only they can figure out what he means.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A disappointment
- By Adams on 10-24-04
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Fat Ollie's Book
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Michael Arkin
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
Murders happen every day in the big bad city. They're not such a big deal, you know. Even when the victim is a city councilman as well-known as Lester Henderson.
But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the squeal about the dead councilman, his leather dispatch case is stolen from the back of his car....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Funny
- By Amazon Customer on 08-22-12
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Fiddlers
- A Novel of the 87th Precinct
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Charles Stransky
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. Seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial killers don't use guns. Most serial killers don't strike five times in two weeks. Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what, or whom, the victims had in common before another body is found.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I disagree
- By Michael on 10-10-06
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Ice
- An 87th Precinct Mystery, Book 36
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 42
Murder is in season as a brutal winter grips the city. The detectives of the 87th Precinct must fight the elements and turn up the heat to find a ruthless killer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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holds up well nicely done. excellent procedural.
- By kevin d o neill on 12-10-15
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Kiss
- 87th Precinct, Book 44
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
When a bodyguard is hired to protect a successful businessman’s wife, the detectives of the 87th Precinct are brought in to investigate why she has two near-fatal accidents on his watch.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but disappointing
- By Wayne on 12-16-16
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Mischief
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Len Cariou
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 17
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 17
In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood. Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and the 87 with riddling clues for solving a crime, or crimes, not yet committed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Love the Step by Step Detail
- By Patricia on 05-24-12
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Money, Money, Money
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 9
Ed McBain returns to his legendary 87th Precinct with a suspenseful story of greed, conflict, and the eternal search for money, money, money.
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Widows
- 87th Precinct
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4 out of 5 stars 24
The murder of a young mistress in a penthouse apartment has Detectives Carella and Brown investigating a family with many motives…even as an unrelated murder impacts Carella personally.
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3 out of 5 stars
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For
- By BDHumbert on 02-09-18
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Eight Black Horses
- 87th Precinct Series
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
Finding a dead body was not unusual for an autumn night in the 87th Precinct. But this young woman's body was naked - and potentially related to the series of odd missives received at the station house. All signs point to the Deaf Man's return, this time with a plot more diabolical than even the jaded policemen could imagine. He's been sending them mysterious pictures of police equipment: nightsticks, helmets, black horses, and more. But what did they mean?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not worth it
- By tamara Stauss on 05-11-16
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Vespers
- An 87th Precinct Mystery, Book 42
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 44
The murder of a priest in one of the 87th Precinct’s parishes sends Detectives Carella and Hawes on a troubling investigation where everyone has a secret and the truth hides within the lies.
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1 out of 5 stars
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start with another in the series if you must start
- By connie on 12-20-12
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Tricks
- 87th Precinct, Book 40
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
Everyone in the 87th Precinct gets in on the act in Tricks. This audiobook from Ed McBain is a multicrime Halloween story full of murder, mayhem, and cops walking the line between decent society and the evil just beneath its surface.
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2 out of 5 stars
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awful performance
- By John on 08-18-14
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Lullaby
- An 87th Precinct Mystery, Book 41
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 45
A babysitter and the child she is watching are murdered on New Year’s Eve — just as a gang war over drug trafficking erupts and puts one of the detectives of the 87th Precinct in mortal danger.
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4 out of 5 stars
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How does McBain keep them coming?
- By Barbara on 02-24-13
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Poison
- 87th Precinct, Book 39
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4 out of 5 stars 27
Her former lovers are dying one by one, and beautiful Marilyn Hollis is a top suspect. Smitten Detective Willis tries to believe in her innocence, until he begins to have his doubts.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Outdated
- By Ingrid on 04-08-15
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Lightning
- An 87th Precinct Novel
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
Two perps - one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims - test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.
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The Empty Hours
- An 87th Precinct Novel, Book 15
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 30
These three nerve-racking stories from best-selling author Ed McBain put detectives from the 87th Precinct on the trail of different killers who take the lives of a rich woman, a rabbi, and a ski instructor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great all the way around
- By Richard Anthony on 12-28-17
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Sadie When She Died
- 87th Precinct, Book 26
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Christmas is coming. But erudite attorney Gerry Fletcher got his present early: His wife’s body with a knife buried in it. Though he shamelessly cops to being happy she’s dead, his alibi is airtight and all signs point to a burglary gone bad. But even when detectives Steve Carella and Bert Kling follow the clues to a junky punk and get a full confession, Carella can’t quit thinking there’s something about the case that’s as phony as a sidewalk Santa’s beard.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Ed McBain is a master, and I thought Dick Hill was too...
- By Adam Berger on 09-01-18
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Heat
- An 87th Precinct Novel, Book 35
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
During a sweltering heat wave, Detectives Carella and Kling try to make sense of an artist who turned off his air conditioning to commit suicide - but Kling has an even deadlier problem on his hands.
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3 out of 5 stars
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87th precinct murder or suicide?
- By paul a reece on 07-10-18
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Eighty Million Eyes
- An 87th Precinct Novel
- By: Ed McBain
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
A comedian dies on national television in front of 40 million viewers, and the detectives of the 87th Precinct must solve the puzzle of how he made someone mad enough to murder.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Dated
- By Shirley Y. Thomas on 05-16-19
Publisher's Summary
It should have been the night that launched a new pop idol. Tamar Valparaiso is young and beautiful, with the body and voice of an angel. The stage is set for her to launch her debut album, Bandersnatch, on a luxury yacht in the heart of the city. But halfway through her performance, masked men drag Tamar off the stage and into a waiting speedboat, while the partygoers look on helplessly.
Detective Steve Carella is just showing up for the graveyard shift when news of the kidnapping comes in. Working disjointedly with a Joint Task Force that calls itself "The Squad", Carella and the men and women of the Eight-Seven must find Tamar before time - or indeed her very life - runs out.
In this brilliant look at the music industry, Ed McBain once again combines his mastery of form with the fast-paced dialogue and intricate plotting that have become his signature.
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