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Her name is Virginia Dodge. And she’s here to kill Detective Steve Carella.
An ordinary day at the 87th Precinct is about to take a turn for the worse when Dodge shows up to put a bullet in Carella’s head. And she doesn’t care if she has to take all the men in the 87th with her to do it.
Armed with a homemade bomb, handgun, and a bottle of nitroglycerine hidden in her purse, Virginia holds the entire squadroom hostage as she waits for Carella. And no one is leaving until he shows up to meet his maker. With all the men of the 87th save one held prisoner, they engage in a battle of wits to save their colleague from their deadly captor.
A classic in Ed McBain’s groundbreaking 87th Precinct series, Killer’s Wedge is a mesmerizing, profoundly relevant thriller where terrorism strikes deep into the heart of the house, putting everyone’s life on the line in a tense standoff with an enemy who cannot be reasoned with.
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"The first McBain I read and it made me a confirmed 87th Precinct fan many years ago. It's probably a bit dated now, but it has a great opening (a woman walks into a police station with a revolver and a bottle of nitroglycerine in her hand) and moves along at a fast clip."
— Harold (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Delivers the goods: dialogue that breathes, characters with heart and characters who eat those hearts, and glints of unforgiving humor…McBain owns his turf
— The New York Times
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" What a master story teller! "
— Roxane, 12/25/2013 -
" You know the term "willing suspension of disbelief"? I could never suspend my disbelief enough to get past the premise of the plot. Yes, the book was written in the 1950s and yes, I still appreciate and envy McBain's technical facility with the two storylines, but my impatience won out. "
— Marcia, 11/19/2013 -
" This one was just ok for me. I never really bought into either of the main storylimes. Saved for me because McBain can write himself some dialog. "
— C.S., 5/16/2013 -
" This guy was really great! My second McBain book. It was particularly interesting reading a detective story written more than 50 years ago. "
— Chris, 2/18/2013 -
" Superb 87th Precinct novel. Tension builds all the way through to a nailbiter of a finish. "
— Edward, 1/5/2013 -
" Excellent 87th Precinct novel. Character driven and the plot keeps moving from beginning to end. My favorite so far of the series. A must-read. "
— Kenny, 12/2/2012 -
" A quick, easy read but enjoyable even if the language is a bit dated. "
— David, 10/23/2012 -
" It was a decent book with a pretty good story line, but I'm giving it three stars because of bad grammar and missing spaces throughout the book. It made it a bit hard to keep reading. I do hope to read the others in the collection because, like I wrote, there is a good story line. "
— Michelle, 6/10/2012
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.