Hark!, Ed McBain
Hark!, Ed McBain
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Hark!
A Novel of the 87th Precinct

Author: Ed McBain

Narrator: Ron McLarty

Abridged: 5 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2004

Synopsis

Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future crime -- if only they can figure out what he means.
The 87th Precinct gets a visit from one of the city's most accomplished criminals -- a thief known as the Deaf Man. Because he might be deaf. Or he might not. So little is known about the man who is harassing Detective Steve Carella with puzzling messages that it is hard to tell. But as soon as a pattern emerges, the detectives of the 87th are forced to hit the books and brush up on their Shakespeare -- because each new clue contains a line from one of his plays. Unless they can crack this complicated riddle and beat the Deaf Man at his own cat-and-mouse game, someone is going to end up hurt, or something will be stolen -- or both. It's always so hard to tell with the Deaf Man.
Ed McBain brings his most intelligent and devious criminal back to the 87th Precinct with a richly plotted and literary crime.

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.

About Ron McLarty

Ron McLarty has appeared on Broadway in That Championship Season, Our Country's Good, and Moonchildren. His film credits include Two Bits, The Postman, and The Flamingo Kid. He has starred on television in Spenser for Hire and Cop Rock. Mr. McLarty is also a novelist and an award-winning playwright.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 05, 2016

The penultimate book in this long-running series is something of a disappointment. A clever career criminal named the Deaf Man, who has been bedeviling the detectives of the 87th Precinct for a very long time, returns to taunt them again. After killing a woman who had previously betrayed him, the De......more

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on June 21, 2017

I recently reviewed Cop Hater the first of the 87th Precinct novels. Hark! is the author’s penultimate effort. I was interested in how it would compare to his early work. Why is this something that would appeal to me? Let me quote from a review of Cop Hater by my GR friend Bobby Underwood. “Gritty,......more

Goodreads review by Skip on March 10, 2015

The Deaf Man is back from his near death experience in his last escapade. First, vengeance shall be his on the person who almost killed him, and then he is back to playing games with the 87th Precinct detectives as he is sending them clues to his next theft. I did not like that the other plot lines......more

Goodreads review by L on July 22, 2016

If found the premise of The Deaf Man--who torments the 87th with clues to a crime he did commit or was planning to commit, the cat & mouse game so popular in crime fiction--tedious, as I did the countless notes he had delivered to the 87th. I was all ready to give this a mere three stars. And then i......more

Goodreads review by David on May 20, 2019

#54 in the 87th Precinct series, the penultimate book, and #70 McBain book for me, my Most Read Author. Not my favourite, I wish he would kill off the Deaf Man character. This book was longer than normal and had too many sub-plots.......more

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