The Heckler, Ed McBain
The Heckler, Ed McBain
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The Heckler

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Ed McBain

Unabridged: 6 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/08/2014

Synopsis

With crooks to cuff and pimps to put behind bars, detectives Carella and Meyer of the 87th Precinct simply don’t have the time or patience to deal with a prank caller—even if he has phoned murder threats to two dozen local shop owners. What they fail to realize, however, is they aren’t dealing with a heckler who’s ringing round for kicks but rather a modern-day Moriarty known only as the Deaf Man—and these phone calls are just his first move in a calculated scheme to pull off the bank robbery of the decade. Further calls darken a lovely spring with suspicion and fear, before a brutal murder whips things into a frenzy, prompting Carella and Meyer to scour the town for clues to the Deaf Man’s identity. As the detectives grasp at a few tenuous threads of the larger plot, those targeted by the calls clamor for the cops to slam the case closed before more of them wind up stiffs. If they can find him in time, the 87th Precinct promises to shut down the Deaf Man for good.

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 July 14, 2013

This is the twelfth book in Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series and the first in which a character known as the Deaf Man appears. The Deaf Man is a criminal mastermind who will appear in several subsequent books and who has a special gift for tormenting Steve Carella and the other detectives of the 87t......more

Goodreads review by George K. on August 19, 2018

"Το τσιμπούρι", εκδόσεις Bell. Χρονολογικά είναι το δωδέκατο βιβλίο της σειράς του 87ου Αστυνομικού Τμήματος και δέκατο που περνάει στη λίστα με τα διαβασμένα. Πέρυσι τέτοια εποχή διάβασα για τελευταία φορά βιβλίο της σειράς (αλλά και γενικά του συγγραφέα) και η αλήθεια είναι ότι μου έλειψαν οι χαρακ......more

Goodreads review by Frank on December 23, 2021

Another good entry in the 87th Precinct series from McBain. I have enjoyed several of these police procedurals and this was one of the best so far. In this one, a business man is being threatened to leave his establishment by the end of the month or he will be killed. He has received several phone c......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on August 19, 2009

I am mystified that the Department of Homeland Security--doesn't the name have an anachronistic teutonic flavor to it, you know, kind of like Fatherland; it's all I can do to avoid making the famous Dr. Strangelove salute--hasn't banned this book and burned all the copies. It certainly provides a te......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 30, 2014

'She came in like a lady, that April.' McBain follows the poetic line with a calm, hopeful beginning in this 12th visit to Isola. He brings an air of shy innocence to the intro chapter with the cool, pale personification of the early Spring month being a gentle lady that cheers the populace with her......more

Quotes

“Ed McBain is, by far, the best at what he does. Case closed.” —People“McBain is so good he ought to be arrested.” —Publishers Weekly“McBain is one of the best mystery/suspense/thriller writers of our era.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune

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