Calypso, Ed McBain
Calypso, Ed McBain
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Calypso

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/02/2012

Synopsis

When a calypso singer and a prostitute are murdered with the same gun, Detectives Carella and Meyer descend into the murky world of sex and sadism to find a killer on the loose.“Imagine your favorite Law & Order cast solving fresh mysteries into infinity, with no re-runs, and you have some sense of McBain’s grand, ongoing accomplishment.” —Entertainment Weekly“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review

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 James on March 04, 2015

George Chadderton is a musician who bills himself as the "Calypso King." Late one rainy September night, he leaves a gig with his manager and as the two are walking down the street someone comes up from behind them and shoots George to death. The killer also wounds George's manager in the shoulder.......more

Goodreads review by David on May 25, 2017

A series of linked murders for Carella and Meyer to investigate, the first of them a calypso singer. The investigation includes a brief appearance by Fat Ollie Weeks from the 83rd Precinct, who in his own inimitable style provides a key link to the movements of one of the victims. Quite a dark book......more

Goodreads review by Skip on May 05, 2013

King George Chadderton is shot to death walking to the subway after his successful Calypso show, and his manager is shot too. A few hours later, a young black prostitute is killed with the same gun although Steve Carella and Meyer Meyer will not figure this out for days. Are the two murders linked,......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on July 04, 2018

Sometimes the cases that turn up at the 87th just get a little too kooky. The details about this seven-year kidnapping and torture, culminating in a city-wide murder spree are a little nuts even if the procedural work carried out by Carella and co is as solid as ever. Still, it's the little scenes t......more

Goodreads review by Oliver on November 11, 2021

For more crime, pulp and horror reviews visit: Wordpress: [URL not allowed] YouTube: [URL not allowed] ‘Calypso’ is an archetypal 87th Precinct novel. It’s very funny at times, with dialogue that flows beautifully on the page. It has a solid (if not classic) mystery at its......more

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