Hail to the Chief, Ed McBain
Hail to the Chief, Ed McBain
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Hail to the Chief

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/07/2012

Synopsis

Six naked, murdered bodies on a cold January night put Detectives Carella and Kling in the middle of a full-on gang war and in a head-to-head battle with a mysterious criminal mastermind.“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 October 26, 2014

Of the twenty-eight novels in the 87th Precinct series thus far, this one, for me, is the least successful of all. The story opens on a bitterly cold winter night when six naked bodies are found thrown into a trench. The detectives of the 87th must first identify the victims and then figure out who k......more

Goodreads review by K on January 15, 2020

There are better installments in this epic series by Ed McBain, but it still contains examples of the author’s skills, particularly with respect to writing dialogue. His ear for “street talk” is among the best in the business. The story was less compelling than usual, with an alternating POV between......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on May 13, 2017

Once again, McBain plays with form as the detective work carried out by our heroes is interspersed with a comprehensive confession that fills in many of the gaps. These two narrative threads run side by side sometimes switching off from paragraph to paragraph with no indication of the change in POV.......more

Goodreads review by AndrewP on May 07, 2020

This was the first 87th Precinct novels that I didn't really like. Throughout this series, McBain varies the format and storytelling technique but this one did not work for me. It's told from two POV's, one of the ongoing case, and the other from one of the perpetrators looking back after everything......more

Goodreads review by David on March 15, 2017

Not my favourite 87th Precinct book, I guess the street gang storyline was not really my thing. I did note the 13 year gap stated since Kling's fiancee had died - so it seems the elapsed time of the novels matches the elapsed time McBain wrote them. I guess they had seemed sort of ageless before. An......more

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