Alice in Jeopardy, Ed McBain
Alice in Jeopardy, Ed McBain
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Alice in Jeopardy

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Bernadette Dunne

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/22/2005

Synopsis

Since her husband Eddie's death in a boating accident eight months ago, Alice Glendenning has struggled to make ends meet while waiting for the insurance company to pay up. When Alice takes a job as a real estate agent, she makes a new friend, Charlie Hobbs from whom she is supposed to try to buy his waterfront land for a developer. Things quickly become a nightmare for Alice when her two children, Ashley and Jamie, aren't on the school bus home one day, and she gets a phone call from a woman claiming to have them. When the kidnapper calls again and asks for a ransom identical to the amount Alice is due from the insurance agency after Eddie's accident, Alice forgoes contacting the police and instead calls Charlie for help. But soon enough Alice wonders whether anyone can be trusted in her fight for everything she holds dear.
 

About Ed McBain

Ed McBain, a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award, was also the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. His books have sold more than one hundred million copies, ranging from the more than fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series (including the Edgar Award–nominated Money, Money, Money) to the bestselling novels written under his own name, Evan Hunter—including The Blackboard Jungle (now in a fiftieth anniversary edition from Pocket Books) and Criminal Conversation. Fiddlers, his final 87th Precinct novel, was recently published in hardcover. Writing as both Ed McBain and Evan Hunter, he broke new ground with Candyland, a novel in two parts. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. He died in 2005.Visit EdMcBain.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bobby on August 04, 2016

McBain (Evan Hunter) is one of those rare authors who was either sublime, as in the majority of 87th Precinct novels, or horrid, as in the Matthew Hope series (some of them are crass and unreadable, in my opinion). I love McBain most of the time, because I stick to Carella and the boys of the 87th P......more

Goodreads review by Oliver on February 26, 2024

McBain’s final book is not his best, but it’s still an entertaining thriller that hits the mark more than half the time.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on May 22, 2018

We listened to this book on Audible. Narrated by Bernadette Dunn, who does an excellent job. At first it was a little slow going, and I wasn't that sympathetic to Alice, but as the novel moved on, my wife and I really enjoyed it. An Ed McBain stand alone novel, I actually wish that he had set anothe......more

Goodreads review by Sidna on January 04, 2012

I was not familiar with Ed McBain's work until I was looking for a book to listen to on a long car trip. I picked up this audio book at the library. The repeated "He says" "she says" for conversations made it difficult to enjoy the book as you listen. Has McBain heard of saying "she answered" or "he......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on March 05, 2010

"There's nothing like early retirement to make a man feel dead." I can attest to this quote from Ed McBain's excellent tale of a woman whose children are kidnapped. She is struggling to make a living as a real estate agent in Florida following the accidental death of her husband when he fell from a......more

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