Lady, Lady, I Did It!

Name: Lady, Lady, I Did It!
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ed McBain
ISBN: 9781455873821

Author: Ed McBain

Series: 87th Precinct #1

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/15/2012

Categories: Fiction, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural

Synopsis

The only person Detective Bert Kling cares about in this world is his fiancée, Claire Townsend. And when her body is found slain at the infamous “bookstore massacre,” Bert and every detective in the precinct is determined to get the man responsible. To do so, they’re going to have to figure out the connection between a junkie, a professor, a bookstore owner, and the beautiful fiancée of a cop. When they do, there will be nowhere for the killer to hide.A devastating look at the personal side of a hardened detective, Lady, Lady, I Did It! is a gut-wrenching addition to Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series, and it paints in sharp relief the squadroom’s familial bonds and the price paid for violating its sanctity.

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 September 09, 2013

The fourteenth entry in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series hits close to home for the detectives of the precinct. Indian Summer has rolled around again in Isola, and on a late afternoon a gunman callously murders four people in a bookstore. The gunman gets away and the survivors are unable to provide......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on December 29, 2019

Magnífica novela. Ed McBain nos relata la investigación de un asesinato en el seno de la familia policial. Y cuando hay un tema personal afloran las emociones. Eso nos describe McBain: policías humanos, con hijos y esposas que sufren el oficio; policías que sufren por el compañero y su pérdida. Ademá......more

Goodreads review by Gary on May 28, 2021

A strong, grim entry in the 87th Precinct series. If I could do half stars this would be at 4.5. The detectives investigate a shooting at a bookstore.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on March 08, 2019

Not even a quirky, seemingly nonsensical title can prevent this from being one of the very best of the Ed McBain 87th Precinct novels I've read. Four unconnected and seemingly random people are gunned down in a shop. One of them is the girlfriend of a detective in the 87th Precinct. The detective's......more

Goodreads review by Kev on March 05, 2025

⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tight, fast-paced entry in the 87th Precinct series, Lady, Lady, I Did It! is one of the darker ones so far, and it works. The precinct feels more like a unit here, pulled together by the murder of one of their own’s girlfriend. Kling, in particular, takes a big step forward as a character, a......more

Quotes

“Ed McBain is the master of the police procedural and, with its great plotting, slick dialogue and wry humour, this doesn’t disappoint.” —TELEGRAPH & ARGUS