Lady Killer, Ed McBain
Lady Killer, Ed McBain
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Lady Killer

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/27/2012

Synopsis

“I will kill the Lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?”This is the message on a pasted-up letter handed to Desk Sergeant Dave Murchison at 8:00 a.m. The detectives at the 87th Precinct have gotten these types of threats before, but there’s something different about this one. Something ominous. Problem is, the city contains millions of women—finding the right one in twelve hours is like finding a needle in a haystack.Detectives Steve Carella and Cotton Hawes go down the list of likely suspects but in a city this big, it’s a best-guess scenario. And with the clock ticking and no other leads, guessing is the only card they have to play. All they need is one break—or they won’t get a second chance.A classic race-against-time thriller with relentless pacing and top-notch plotting, Lady Killer is a master class in detective fiction and a riveting addition to Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series.

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 on April 15, 2013

First published in 1958, this is the eighth entry in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. By this point, the main characters were fairly well-established and needed no introduction, but the book itself is something of an oddity in the series in that most of the books have the detectives of the 87th wor......more

Goodreads review by Damo on December 02, 2022

When a young boy walks into the 87th Precinct and hands the desk sergeant an envelope it starts a 12 hour search for a would-be killer. The contents of the letter are made up of cut out words and letters to form the message: "I will kill the Lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?" A few things......more

Goodreads review by Deb on November 17, 2021

It's getting difficult to find new superlatives to write about this series and its author, Ed McBain, so I'm putting that aside. I am thoroughly enjoying my reading journey through this series. Enough said.......more

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on April 25, 2025

The work of an author that was finding it hard to come up with believable or surprising twists. The story was quite good, but things got less interesting towards the end. It would have been better if the murderer had really wanted to kill a woman.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 14, 2013

A little boy turns up at the 87th Precinct with a cryptic letter from a killer. "I will kill the lady at 8 tonight. What can you do about it?" It could well be a hoax but can they take that risk? Although this one is a bit contrived it's still a lot of fun as the 87th spends 12 hours running about try......more

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