The Screaming Mimi, Fredric Brown
The Screaming Mimi, Fredric Brown
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The Screaming Mimi

Author: Fredric Brown

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 03/11/2014

Synopsis

This beloved, larger-than-life thriller from Edgar Award–winning author Fredric Brown stars Bill Sweeney, an ace reporter with an otherworldly drinking problem who gets mixed up with a naked woman as the latter is trying to avoid becoming the fourth victim of a local serial killer—"the Ripper." Rousing himself from his drunken stupor in order to aid the woman, Bill sets out on the killer's trail. As he puts questions and answers together, he finds himself face-to-face with madness and death.In this wild ride from a renowned author, you'll visit an insane asylum, meet a bum named "God," and discover the little statue that ties everything together.

About Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown (1906–1972) was the only writer to achieve equal prominence in the mystery and science fiction genres. His first foray into mystery, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Brown was also the acknowledged master of the short short story; the famous collection Nightmares and Geezenstacks demonstrates his consummate mastery of a form limited to no more than five hundred words. His short story “Arena” was the basis of a famed Star Trek episode; “Martians, Go Home!” was adapted for a 1992 film; “The Last Martian” was adapted for Serling’s Twilight Zone and starred Steve McQueen at the start of his career. Brown’s work, more than forty years after his death, is increasingly prominent.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Oliver on September 01, 2024

A really great suspense novel with a drunk newshound trying to track down a serial killer on the streets of Chicago. Brown’s writing is thoroughly entertaining and the plot is absolutely solid. There’s humour, tension, psychological drama and a bit of sleaze, everything you could want from a crime n......more

Goodreads review by Andy on May 30, 2024

Bill Sweeney, under suspension from the Chicago Blade newspaper, sobers up from a three week alcohol binge, to join a small crowd of people staring at the front door of an apartment a beautiful blonde who has a stab wound in the abdomen and is being guarded by her growling and huge dog. As she stand......more

Goodreads review by Ed on January 22, 2013

After I read Fredric Brown's The Fabulous Clipjoint, somebody at Goodreads suggested I try his novel The Screaming Mimi, so I did, and I wasn't left disappointed. Besides coining such colorful titles, Brown also writes an engaging story. This time Bill Sweeney is a drunkard reporter for THE CHICAGO......more

Quotes

“Again an unusual type of crime and criminal…The pace here is fast, the pitch high.” Kirkus Reviews

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