The House that Jack Built, Ed McBain
The House that Jack Built, Ed McBain
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The House that Jack Built

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2013

Synopsis

The morning after Jonathan Parrish’s fortieth birthday party, the guest of honor is found lying dead in a pool of his own blood. Police arrive at the scene to find his older brother, Ralph, covered in red and clutching the murder weapon. From behind bars, Ralph insists he didn’t do it. He claims he heard a scream from the other room, saw a man dressed in black running away, and rushed to pull the fatal blade from Jonathan’s chest. But his explanations don’t sway the Florida police, especially when several witnesses saw the brothers arguing about Jonathan’s homosexual lifestyle the night before. But attorney Matthew Hope believes Ralph—call it instinct, call it a hunch, Matt’s law partner, Frank Summerville, calls it Matt’s “code.” But with Frank too distraught over his crumbling marriage to pitch in this time, Matthew enlists private eye Warren Chambers to help prove Ralph’s innocence. And with few clues to go by, the duo will have to dig through a world of closet cases, secret trysts, and a community on edge to capture the real killer.

About Ed McBain

Born in New York, Evan Hunter (1926–2005) wrote the screen play for Hitchcock’s The Birds in 1963. He received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and is one of three American writers to be awarded the Diamond Dagger for a lifetime of achievement by the British Crime Writers Association. Under the name Ed McBain, he authored the sprawling 87th Precinct series — the longest, most varied crime series in the world — which includes fifty-five novels about a fictional team of policemen, and thirteen novels in the Matthew Hope series featuring an up-and-coming lawyer in the Florida Gulf Coast. Known for tackling controversial content with a thoughtful eye, he is the author of over eighty novels.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on March 22, 2019

Although Matthew Hope is a lawyer these are not really legal thrillers - this is a decent murder mystery......more

Goodreads review by Antonella Imperiali on April 10, 2023

Quarant’anni e una bella riunione di amici per festeggiarli. Tutti gay, tranne il fratello del festeggiato, che assiste impotente ad un mondo che non è il suo e che deplora. La festa finisce, gli amici sono andati via, il festeggiato è a terra, un coltello nel petto, mentre una figura nera si allonta......more

Goodreads review by Glen on October 27, 2020

There's a death after a party for gay men, and the victim's brother is the primary suspect. Matthew Hope and his investigator, Warren Chamber are hired to get the guy off. Every chapter is headed with a couplet from the verse The House That Jack built. On the whole, it felt anachronistic.......more

Goodreads review by K on April 17, 2020

Another fairly entertaining story in the Matthew Hope series, which has Ed McBain's trademark touches all over it. Specifically, he's a master of dialogue that sounds natural, believable, and fluid. It's more like you're there, listening in on the conversation, than simply reading a transcript there......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on June 10, 2015

I have loved Ed McBain's books, but this one didn't live up to his others. A man is accused of killing his gay brother, but the twists and turns (and what did the lawyer's partner's wife's love affair have to do with it? nothing) made it difficult to bother following to the end.......more

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