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The Empty Hours
- An 87th Precinct Novel, Book 15
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Series: 87th Precinct, Book 15
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Anthologies & Short Stories
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2 out of 5 stars
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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2 out of 5 stars
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I guess I'm done.
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3 out of 5 stars
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For genre fans only
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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3 out of 5 stars
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Old school mediocre
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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2 out of 5 stars
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I guess I'm done.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 57
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 59
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting story and well narrated
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It’s like an old-time gangster movie: A speeding car, a blazing gun…and suddenly a guy walking down the street without a care in the world is lying in the gutter without a head on his shoulders. But who pulled the high-powered trigger that turned Sy Kramer from a blackmailer into a chalk outline? Was it the politician’s wife with a pornographic past? The soda-pop tycoon desperate to keep a business-busting bungle bottled up? Or was it whoever was paying Kramer a small fortune to hide what must’ve been one very big bad?
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ENTERTAINING BUT NOT ONE OF THE BEST
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 353
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When a sniper begins gunning down cops from the 87th Precinct in cold blood, it’s up to Detective Steve Carella to solve the case. With three cops already dead, Carella delves into the city’s underworld to search for the killer.
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4 out of 5 stars
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50's Cop Novel
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Eighty Million Eyes
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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
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The Pusher
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4 out of 5 stars 92
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3 out of 5 stars
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May make you run for a fix
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Between a highly successful cat burglar and a hippie crucifixion, the 87th Precinct definitely doesn't need the Deaf Man showing up again - especially since his two previous appearances resulted in blackmail, murder, and general havoc. But at least they have him now...unless he had them first.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Total waste of my listening time.
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A woman is murdered in a liquor store, hurtling the men from the 87th Precinct into an investigation of her secret lives and many possible enemies. Faced with a host of suspects—from the woman’s former mother-in-law to her ex-husband, employer, and a string of boyfriends—the detectives find themselves with a victim whose identity spurns all conventional definition.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Killer’s Choice
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Publisher's Summary
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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- Richard Anthony
- 12-28-17
Great all the way around
Dick Hill is the best, don't know how he does all these characters like he does but by now he makes me think I know them. Great entertainment!
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