Audiobooks by Ed McBain

Downtown

"Downtown is the wickedly funny story of a Sarasota orange grower who stops for a drink on his way to the airport and suddenly finds himself the major suspect in a grisly New York City murder."

Ed McBain (Author), Richard Ferrone (Narrator)

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Whodunit?

"A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hardboiled detective stories, alternately menacing and cozy, with two exotic locales, and murder in the mix. Stories in this set include: - Dashiell Hammett's 'The Creeping Siamese', performed by John Shea - The Continental Op gets his man - C.S. Montanye's 'A Shock for the Countess', performed by Fionnula Flanagan - Intrigue in the alps in this clever tale of a jewelry heist - Ed McBain's, 'Improvisation', performed by Isaiah Sheffer - A hilarious story of two tall and willowy sisters up to no good - Shirley Jackson's 'The Summer People', performed by René Auberjonois - Spooky goings-on at a country cottage - Nobel Prize-winner Nadine Gordimer's 'Country Lovers', performed by Hattie Winston - Forbidden love on a South African farm - Louise Erdrich's 'Gleason', performed by Robert Sean Leonard - A simple plot goes terribly awry Selected Shorts is an award-winning, one-hour program featuring readings of classic and new short fiction, recorded live at New York's Symphony Space. One of the most popular series on the airwaves, this unique show is hosted by Isaiah Sheffer and produced for radio by Symphony Space and WNYC Radio."

C.S. Montanye, Dashiell Hammett, Ed McBain, Louise Erdrich, Nadine Gordimer, Shirley Jackson (Author), Fionnula Flanagan, Hattie Wilson, Isaiah Sheffer, John Shea, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Sean Leonard (Narrator)

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Mischief: Low Price

"In this 87th Precinct thriller, Detective Steve Carella must track down a killer who's systematically rubbing out all the city's graffiti artists, leaving each victim mischievously splashed with paint and blood.Foul play takes another form when an old nemesis, the Dead Man, taunts Carella and the eight-seven with riddling clues for solving a crime - or crimes - not yet committed. Given what he's deduced from the prankish perpetrator, Carella strongly suspects the crime will take place during a free rock and rap concert scheduled to take place in the city's largest park. As Carella tries desperately to second guess him, the Dead Man meticulously puts together a plan to carry off a multi-million dollar coup. Soon Carella finds himself racing against time in a game of wits that could leave the city reeling under an onslaught of dirty tricks from one of the underworld's masters of criminal mischief."

Ed McBain (Author), Len Cariou (Narrator)

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Kiss

"An 87th Precinct novel -- Certain that someone is trying to kill her, Emma Bowles turns to another killer for protection, and only a dedicated cop trapped in a defective legal system can save her."

Ed McBain (Author), Len Cariou (Narrator)

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Puss in Boots

"A long shadow looms above the wife of filmmaker Carlton Markham. Then a hand clamps over her mouth, and a blade sinks into her back. Blood splatters on the film reel case beside her, and a young life is cut short. Lawyer Matthew Hope gets a call from Markham, who's been arrested for his wife's murder, but he says he didn't do it. Witnesses fly forward to proclaim his guilt, but Markham's not giving up on his innocence that easily. And when Hope digs deeper into the victim's business— from heavy financial backers to sleazy egomaniacs— he finds she may not have been the perfect lady that she seemed. Now Matthew needs to infiltrate the seedy side of the film industry to find a missing reel and solve the murder."

Ed McBain (Author), Ken Howard (Narrator)

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Cinderella

"Attorney Matthew Hope had hired Otto Samalson to conduct a simple marital investigation— so how does Samalson end up dead on a deserted highway? Hope's search for an answer takes him into Florida's drug underworld on the trail of a hooker— one who has the style and looks necessary to transform herself into a high-class cocaine-stealing Cinderella. What Hope uncovers is a complicated web of circumstances and a terrifying twist on a hooker's fairy tale."

Ed McBain (Author), Ken Howard (Narrator)

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Downtown

"Ed McBain, author of the best-selling 87th Precinct series, takes us Downtown in this harrowing tale of a lone out-of-towner running for his life in New York CIty. Meet Michael Barnes, a Florida orange grower who finds himself in a Wall Street bar with a couple of hours to kill. It's a couple of hours that almost kill him, as he's swindled, robbed, framed for murder, and hunted down by an assassin in one of the wildest, scariest, funniest, fastest 24 hours ever packed into one novel."

Ed McBain (Author), Stephen Macht (Narrator)

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Three Blind Mice

"After Jessica Leeds— wife of a prestigious, wealthy Florida landowner— is brutally raped, three Vietnamese immigrants are charged with the crime. After the trial results in their acquittal, Jessica's husband Stephen vows vengeance. Then, the three immigrants are found savagely murdered. When all of the evidence ties Stephen Leeds to the grisly killings, Jessica turns to Florida lawyer Matthew Hope. He takes the case— and discovers a situation far more complex and explosive than he, or his client, imagined."

Ed McBain (Author), Ken Howard (Narrator)

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