Killers Wedge, Ed McBain
Killers Wedge, Ed McBain
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Killer's Wedge

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2012


Synopsis

Her name is Virginia Dodge. And she’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 Carella’s head. And she doesn’t care if she has to take all the men in the 87th with her to do it.Armed with a homemade bomb, handgun, and a bottle of nitroglycerine hidden in her purse, Virginia holds the entire squadroom 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.A classic in Ed McBain’s groundbreaking 87th Precinct series, Killer’s Wedge is a mesmerizing, profoundly relevant thriller where terrorism strikes deep into the heart of the house, putting everyone’s life on the line in a tense standoff with an enemy who cannot be reasoned with.

About Ed McBain

Ed McBain was one of the pen names of successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter (1926 – 2005). Debuting in 1956, the popular 87th Precinct is one of the longest running crime series ever published, featuring over fifty novels, and is hailed as “one of the great literary accomplishments of the last half-century.” McBain was awarded the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America and was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James

One afternoon, a woman named Virginia Dodge walks into the detectives' squad room in the 87th Precinct asking for Detective Steve Carella. When informed that Carella is out on a case, Mrs. Dodge announces that she will wait. She helps herself to a seat at a desk and when told that she must wait outs......more

Goodreads review by Michael

You know when a long running tv series gets about three quarters through the season it often kicks out an episode where our heroes get caught up in a bank siege or some other contrivance that sees them confined to one or two rooms. Basically they spent all the budget on flashier episodes. Killer's W......more

Goodreads review by Gary

McBain cranked up the tension throughout this one. I will not summarize the plot, the GR summary does a good job there. On top of a woman with a gun and a possible bottle of nitro waiting to kill Det. Carella at the precinct, Carella gets to tackle a locked room mystery. This is a story of its time,......more


Quotes

“Delivers the goods: dialogue that breathes, characters with heart and characters who eat those hearts, and glints of unforgiving humor…McBain owns his turf” The New York Times