
The Thursday Turkey Murders
Author: Craig Rice
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 03/27/2021
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Author: Craig Rice
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 03/27/2021
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Craig Rice (1908–1957), born Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, was an American author of mystery novels and short stories, sometimes described as the “Dorothy Parker of detective fiction.” She was the first mystery writer to appear on the cover of Time magazine, on January 28, 1946.
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.
The Thursday Turkey Murders (1943) is the second in a trio of books by Craig Rice (with help on the third by Ed McBain). These are screwball mysteries starring Rice's photographers with a penchant for landing in the middle of murder, Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kuzak. Bingo and Handsome, late of New Yo......more
Rice's sly and playful humor is out in full force, but this novel is not one of her best efforts. The main characters are not that likeable and there are just way too many characters and too much plot. Not bad, but not her best.......more
This was on Audible and read wonderfully. Great murder mystery. Enjoy Handsome and Bingo once again, this time in Thursday, Iowa.......more
I enjoyed this visit with Bingo and Handsome. They are quite the pair.......more
“Narrator Johnny Heller provides rapid pacing for the slapstick atmosphere…Heller’s unique voices for the characters help listeners vividly imagine each one. The use of New York accents for Bingo and Handsome, as well as Midwestern accents for the Iowans, adds distinct atmosphere.” AudioFile
“Bingo and Handsome to the rescue once again…There’s everything—an escaped convict, murders, a disappearance, with clues leading back to a fifteen-year old bank robbery, with money reputed to be hidden in the town of Thursday.” Kirkus Reviews