Synopses & Reviews
I'm a Fathead, Men!
I Am the Deaf Man!
Unscrambling the cryptic messages anagrams, Detective Carella called them delivered to the 87th Precinct confirmed that the master criminal who has eluded them time and again is not only alive and well, but may or may not be behind a deadly revenge shooting. For that matter, the Deaf Man may or may not be deaf. But he's getting through loud and clear with clues drawn from Shakespeare's works taunting hints and maddening riddles pointing to his next plan of attack. It doesn't take a literary scholar to know there's no room for misinterpretation. For when the Deaf Man talks, everybody listens...or somebody gets hurt.
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"McBain has written the series since the mid-1950s yet his key players keep evolving...and the setting is always contemporary. McBain remains the quintessential Grand Master of the genre. If his name's on it, read it." Booklist (Starred Review)
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"It takes a deft touch to mix horror scenes of police work with the banter of kicking back and brainstorming what the bad guy is going to do, but it's one reason McBain is called a master." Boston Globe
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"The whole performance is deft and light, like a magician's sleight of hand: The trick is pulled off while you look the other way. There's nothing lasting here, except the pleasure of watching a master having fun and that's a kind of Shakespearean delight in itself." The Washington Post
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"McBain here combines many story lines involving the detectives in an exceptionally well-plotted encounter with the criminal genius who always underestimates the intelligence of the cops he taunts and the women he uses." Library Journal
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"McBain...has infused this work with what is possibly his most complex plot to date....Hark! is the best of the 87th Precinct Deaf Man novels, combining a complex plot with McBain's considerable storytelling talents and abilities." BookReporter.com
Synopsis
With the same electric style that continues to garner raves, McBain again fuses gritty crime narrative, dead-on comic timing, and rich characterization to deliver one of his most satisfying capers to date. The detectives of the 87th Precinct must scramble to foil the Deaf Man's ingeniously meticulous scheme and stop him from committing the perfect crime.
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In the New York Times bestselling author's gripping new novel, the detectives of the 87th Precinct must scramble to foil the Deaf Man's ingeniously meticulous scheme and stop him from committing the perfect crime.
Synopsis
I'm a Fathead, Men! I Am the Deaf Man!
Unscrambling the cryptic messages -- anagrams, Detective Carella called them -- delivered to the 87th Precinct confirmed that the master criminal who has eluded them time and again is not only alive and well, but may or may not be behind a deadly revenge shooting. For that matter, the Deaf Man may or may not be deaf. But he's getting through loud and clear with clues drawn from Shakespeare's works -- taunting hints and maddening riddles pointing to his next plan of attack. It doesn't take a literary scholar to know there's no room for misinterpretation. For when the Deaf Man talks, everybody listens...or somebody gets hurt.
About the Author
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 Awardand#8211;nominated andlt;iandgt;Money, Money, Money)andlt;/iandgt; to the bestselling novels written under his own name, Evan Hunterand#8212;including andlt;iandgt;The Blackboard Jungleandlt;/iandgt; (now in aandnbsp;fiftieth anniversary edition from Pocket Books) and Criminal Conversation. andlt;iandgt;Fiddlers,andlt;/iandgt; his final 87th Precinct novel, was recently published in hardcover. Writing as both Ed McBain and Evan Hunter, he broke new ground with andlt;iandgt;Candyland,andlt;/iandgt; a novel in two parts. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's andlt;iandgt;The Birds.andlt;/iandgt; He died in 2005.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Visit EdMcBain.com.