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He dresses in black and stalks the streets of the 87th Precinct. He is a shadow, always searching for his next victim. And when he finds it, all that will be left is a severed hand.
For Detectives Carella and Hawes, this new killer is an enigma. He leaves no trace of his crime—no evidence at all. Even the severed hands have had their fingertips sheared off. With nothing much to go on, the detectives work off the hunch that the black-clad killer has a grudge against the 87th, and begin a frantic manhunt before any more of his handiwork appears on their streets.
One of world-renowned crime master Ed McBain’s most grisly and intense novels in the famed 87th Precinct series, Give the Boys a Great Big Hand is a finely tuned build-up of brooding malevolence and frantic desperation…
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"Witty, easy reading page turner. Feels like something Walter Matthau could have starred in."
— Andy (4 out of 5 stars)
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" Good but not quite as good as some of McBain's others "
— Rosaliie, 11/12/2013 -
" An interesting book, not long, quite dated, easy to read, but a great storyline. "
— Dawn, 7/25/2013 -
" It was good, fast read, a nice break from heavy academic reading. Even though it featured all of McBain's ability to create individual voices, the story itself wasn't as compelling as some of his novels. It's a solid entry, utterly without padding. "
— Kgwhitehurst, 7/2/2013 -
" Nobody like Ed. "
— Linda, 7/29/2012 -
" A killer likes to leave severed hands around the city. "
— Randy, 7/8/2012
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.