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King's Ransom Audiobook

By: Ed McBain
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Read By: Dick Hill Publisher: Brilliance Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The 87th Precinct Series Release Date: April 2012 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781455873791
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Total Audiobook Chapters:

22

Longest Chapter Length:

24:12 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

08:35 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

18:09 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

61

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Publisher Description

For a wealthy businessman, a kidnapping puts him in a predicament as troubling as any he has ever experienced. For Detective Steve Carella and the men at the 87th Precinct, their troubles are even worse. Their only hope is that he will play ball—at least long enough for them to catch the perps before the kidnapping turns into a homicide.

Ed McBain delivers another rapid-fire nail-biter in his 87th Precinct series with King’s Ransom, a morally complex weaving of friendship, personal responsibility, and the nature of man hailed by the Daily Mirror: “McBain spins the tightest tale in town…there’s nobody who does it better.” King’s Ransom was made into the major motion picture High and Low by acclaimed director Akira Kurasawa.

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"My favorite of the 87th precinct series so far. As always, McBain's mastery of language satisfies. But, the moral question posed by the plot was what drew me in. Would you pay a ransom to save somebody else's child? I wasn't surprised to learn that a movie was based on this book."

— Kerith (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

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    — Babete, 12/11/2013
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    " Bit of a disappointment. Douglas King was an asshole. much preferred the Kurosawa adaptation, as the characters were far more sympathetic. everyone just seemed so inhuman and cold. "

    — Jessica, 12/9/2013
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    " Maybe the extended version could be ok... "

    — Xabier, 10/10/2013
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    " At this point, I'm not finished with the book, but am reading it because it was the book on which Akira Kurosawa's contemporary police drama, "High and Low," was based. The Kurosawa film is quite excellent, so I thought I'd see what the source material was like. "

    — Bernard, 9/11/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " a child is kidnapped and the 87th Precinct races to find him before it's too late. "

    — Randy, 8/22/2013
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    " Steve and Meyer Meyer are called in on a kidnapping. Good story. I also watched the movie High and Low a Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, that used this book as its source material which was a very good flick. "

    — Sandi, 7/22/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Adapted into "High and Low" by Akira Kurosawa, the best film he made in the 60's, hands down, and one of the finest procedural dramas ever made. Book is not nearly as interesting as the film, but a great read for the source material if you like the film. "

    — Michael, 6/8/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Ed McBain's series, the 87th precinct, is fun to read as the bad guys almost always get caught. I enjoy the authentic police procedure stuff too. "

    — Sandi, 7/24/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Best of the 87th Precinct Mysteries! "

    — John, 7/7/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " El 172 outsidereading book "

    — Ritsuri*shyam*choir, 6/18/2012

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.