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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Hail, Hail, the Gangâ€™s All Here! – Ed McBain

At midnight, one day dies as another comes to life. For the men of the 87th Precinct, they all bleed together in a never-ending cycle of crime and punishment. But every now and then, a day stands out as more unusual than the others. This is one of those days. Carella and Hawes investigate a murder; Kling delves into a store-front church bombing; Meyer checks out a house haunted by larcenous ghosts; Willis and Genero look into a naked hippieâ€™s four-story death fall; Delgado takes an assault case in the Puerto Rican barrio; and Kapek hunts a man and woman mugging team. But when a gunman kills a grocer and shoots Parker twice, the rules of the game quickly change. With Parkerâ€™s life hanging in the balance, the detectives of the 87th will stop at nothing to get their man.
Unabridged.
Read by Dick Hill.

Tricks – Ed McBain

One night. One shift. No rest. Featuring the 87th Precinctâ€™s entire cast of characters, this Halloween takes them into the darkest corners of depravity the city has to offer. And sometimes, surviving is the greatest treat of them all. From a liquor store hold-up ending with a dead owner and four costumed â€œkidsâ€ making off with the money to the pieces of a man showing up around the city, the Day of the Dead is turning the streets into a carnival of violence and murder. Meanwhile, a magician disappears in a stunning final act, and Detective First Class Eileen Burke poses as a hooker to lure in a serial killer. The question is, will the detectives all live to see the dawn of November?
Unabridged.
Read by Dick Hill.

Sunday, 16 June 2013

Cinderella – Ed McBain

This is the sixth in McBain’s series of fearful “fairy tales” starring lawyer Matthew Hope of Calusa, Fla., as compelling a character as those in the author’s popular 87th Precinct novels. When Hope’s friend, private eye Otto Samalson, is killed while on an assignment for him, the lawyer makes up his mind to find the murderer. The investigation leads Hope into the affairs of several men involved with a gorgeous hooker known as Cinderella. Hired thugs on her trail leave behind them the bloody bodies of people they question, and the lawyer is in constant danger. Cleverly eluding pursuers, Cinderella guards a fortune in stolen cocaine with which she expects to secure a rosy future until time and her luck run out. This is a violent story, more horrifying than its gory predecessors (Goldilocks; Beauty and the Beast), but very well written and a natural attraction for McBain fans.
Unabridged.
Read by Luke Daniels

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Killer’s Wedge – Ed McBain

Her name is Virginia Dodge. And sheâ€™s here to kill Detective Steve Carella. An ordinary day at the 87th Precinct is about to take a turn for the worse when Dodge shows up to put a bullet in Carellaâ€™s head. And she doesnâ€™t care if she has to take all the men in the 87th with her to do it. Armed with a homemade bomb, a handgun, and a bottle of nitroglycerine hidden in her purse, Virginia holds the entire squad room hostage as she waits for Carella. And no one is leaving until he shows up to meet his maker. With all the men of the 87th save one held prisoner, they engage in a battle of wits to save their colleague from their deadly captor. Unabridged. Read by Dick Hill.