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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
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" 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 -
" Not as good as some and a little too gory for me. "
— Sandi, 10/11/2013 -
" 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 was one of the most awarded narrators in the business. We was named by AudioFile magazine as a Golden Voice and also as a Voice of the Century. He earned several of the prestigious annua Audie Awards for Best Narration and thirty-four AudioFile Earphones Awards. In addition to narrating, he both acted in and wrote for the theater. He passed away in 2022.