Fiddlers, Ed McBain
Fiddlers, Ed McBain
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Fiddlers
A Novel of the 87th Precinct

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Charles Stransky

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/29/2005

Synopsis

Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog—these are the 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. And most serial killers' prey share something more than being over fifty years of age. 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. With trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, McBain unravels a mystery and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hours before the fiddlers have fled.

About Ed McBain

Ed McBain, a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award, was also the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. His books have sold more than one hundred million copies, ranging from the more than fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series (including the Edgar Award–nominated Money, Money, Money) to the bestselling novels written under his own name, Evan Hunter—including The Blackboard Jungle (now in a fiftieth anniversary edition from Pocket Books) and Criminal Conversation. Fiddlers, his final 87th Precinct novel, was recently published in hardcover. Writing as both Ed McBain and Evan Hunter, he broke new ground with Candyland, a novel in two parts. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. He died in 2005.Visit EdMcBain.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on July 20, 2016

This is the fifty-fifth and last installment in Ed McBain's epic series featuring the detectives of the 87th Precinct. Set in the fictional city of Isola, which is closely modeled after New York City, the series began in 1956 with Cop Hater and would run for for forty-nine years to the publication o......more

Goodreads review by TK421 on September 05, 2011

I had always heard that Ed McBain could craft a good story; FIDDLERS was my introduction to his style. To be honest, when I first started reading this book, I was unsure about it. There seemed to be too many things going on, too many characters. The initial plot, a serial (I would say mass murderer)......more

Goodreads review by Tony on March 02, 2010

I finished this very last entry in McBain's 87th Precinct series with a strange sense of melancholy. For the past couple of years I've worked my way through most of the 55 titles in more or less chronological order, and the knowledge that after this there would be no further developments of his rich......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on April 01, 2009

Ed McBain does a great job on the "87th Precinct" mysteries. They are quick reads and when I'm not sure what I'm in the mood for, I read McBain. This was one of his better stories, published 2005, which is the year he died so I guess it was his last 87th Precinct. McBain usually has 2 or 3 cases goi......more

Goodreads review by Glen on October 03, 2019

Somebody is shooting people who don't seem to have a lot in common. Meanwhile, Carella's daughter seems to be running wild, Kling's girlfriend has left him, and Ollie seems to have got himself a girlfriend. Entertaining, but without the power of some of earlier books.......more

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