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McBain (Evan Hunter) is one of those rare authors who was either sublime, as in the majority of 87th Precinct novels, or horrid, as in the Matthew Hope series (some of them are crass and unreadable, in my opinion). I love McBain most of the time, because I stick to Carella and the boys of the 87th P......more

We listened to this book on Audible. Narrated by Bernadette Dunn, who does an excellent job. At first it was a little slow going, and I wasn't that sympathetic to Alice, but as the novel moved on, my wife and I really enjoyed it. An Ed McBain stand alone novel, I actually wish that he had set anothe......more

I was not familiar with Ed McBain's work until I was looking for a book to listen to on a long car trip. I picked up this audio book at the library. The repeated "He says" "she says" for conversations made it difficult to enjoy the book as you listen. Has McBain heard of saying "she answered" or "he......more

"There's nothing like early retirement to make a man feel dead." I can attest to this quote from Ed McBain's excellent tale of a woman whose children are kidnapped. She is struggling to make a living as a real estate agent in Florida following the accidental death of her husband when he fell from a......more

I don't THINK this author meant this book to be a comedy, but I thoroughly enjoyed how much I laughed and giggled throughout the whole thing! Highly predictable - I'd be surprised if there was anyone out there who didn't guess the big twist about who the baddies were. But aside from that, this autho......more