In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood.Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and the eight-seven with riddling clues for solving a crime - or crimes - not yet committed. Given what he's deduced from the prankish perpetrator, Carella strongly suspects the crime will take place during a free rock and rap concert scheduled to take place in the city's largest park. As Carella tries desperately to second guess him, the Dead Man meticulously puts together a plan to carry off a multi-million dollar coup. Soon Carella finds himself racing against time in a game of wits that could leave the city reeling under an onslaught of dirty tricks from one of the underworld's masters of criminal mischief.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780061140655
- File size: 91410 KB
- Duration: 03:10:26
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Len Cariou's husky voice brings this fast-pace tale to life. A.L.M. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine -
August 2, 1993
Since his 1956 Cop Hater , McBain has regaled us with his 87th Precinct novels ( Kiss , 1992) and with this, the 55th in the series, he proves again that he is the Grand Master of procedurals. The plot's main threads follow the serial murders of graffiti-writers, a rash of ``granny-dumping'' (abandonment of old people, usually senile) and the return of the Deaf Man, a master criminal who taunts the 87th detectives with advance clues to his schemes. Vivid glimpses of life in Isola (read Manhattan) are matched by brilliantly drawn characters: young rappers, the abandoned oldsters, the relatives of the murder victims, the Deaf Man and his accomplices, and the old familiars of the 87th. McBain also delivers creditable rap and calypso lyrics, a cram course in plea-bargaining and a heartbreaking conversation between a detective and the wife of an Alzheimer's sufferer. Eventually the cops prevail, but not until the Deaf Man has orchestrated a huge, deadly diversion from his clever scam, after which the master criminal puts another one over on the 87th. Or does he? Doesn't he? McBain, really Evan Hunter, is a virtuoso of the genre. Author tour. -
In the newest 87th Precinct novel "the deaf man" stalks the city once again, playing cat and mouse with Detective Steve Carella. The action includes rap and rock concerts, sanitation workers, anti-abortion and pro-choice activists, and a host of the usual, unforgettable characters so well drawn and written by McBain. Colacci's timber and resonant voice exactly match what I think the 87th Precinct guys should sound like. He even manages the women well. This is a very good recording of a very sound police procedural. E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Paul Shay's minimalist reading style is unexpectedly successful. It keeps the narrator's interpretation from coming between the book and the listener. S.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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February 27, 1995
The virtuoso 55th installment in McBain's 87th Precinct series.
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