Calypso Audiobook, by Ed McBain Play Audiobook Sample

Calypso Audiobook

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Read By: Dick Hill Publisher: Brilliance Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The 87th Precinct Series Release Date: October 2012 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781455873654

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

27

Longest Chapter Length:

25:33 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06:18 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

18:16 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

61

Publisher Description

When a calypso singer and a prostitute are murdered with the same gun, Detectives Carella and Meyer descend into the murky world of sex and sadism to find a killer on the loose.

“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

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Calypso Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 2.33333333333333 out of 52.33333333333333 out of 52.33333333333333 out of 52.33333333333333 out of 52.33333333333333 out of 5 (2.33)
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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " When a calypso singer and a prostitute are greased with the same .38, 87th Precinct cops Carella and Meyer go underground. Their search for the cold-blooded killer takes them into the sleazy underworld of pimps, hookers and pushers--a seamy world of sex and sadism. Reissue. "

    — Eddy, 10/22/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Not as good as some and a little too gory for me. "

    — Sandi, 10/11/2013
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Just smut. "

    — Don, 3/10/2013

About Ed McBain

Ed McBain is the most well known pseudonym of Evan Hunter (1926–2005), the author of over eighty novels and several famous screenplays. He is a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award and the Diamond Dagger Award from the British Crime Writers Association. His books have sold more than one hundred million copies, ranging from the more than fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series to the bestselling novels written under his own name. McBain also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds.

About Dick Hill

Dick Hill, named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, is one of the most awarded narrators in the business, having earned several Audie Awards and thirty-four AudioFile Earphones Awards. In addition to narrating, he has both acted in and written for the theater.