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    Blood Relatives
    Blood Relatives
    Blood Relatives
    Audiobook6 hours

    Blood Relatives

    Written by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

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    About this audiobook

    Steve Carella does not fit the picture of a big city detective. Well-mannered and the consummate professional, he lacks the rough-hewn edges of the men who devote their lives to fighting crime on the streets. But there is one thing that tears him up…one thing that drives him to the edge of his much darker side.

    When a madman rapes and kills his first victim in the 87th Precinct but leaves the second alive after a brutal knifing, Carella relentlessly hunts the man down. But the detective is in for a shock when the surviving victim recognizes the assailant in a police lineup…

    A probing, intimate crime thriller that exposes the deeper recesses of the 87th Precinct’s main character, Blood Relatives is an Ed McBain classic. His mastery of character, dialogue, and place come together in a brooding powerhouse of a novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 21, 2012
    ISBN9781455873630
    Blood Relatives
    Author

    Ed McBain

    Ed McBain, a recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's coveted Grand Master Award, was also the first American to receive the Diamond Dagger, the British Crime Writers Association's highest award. His books have sold more than one hundred million copies, ranging from the more than fifty titles in the 87th Precinct series (including the Edgar Award–nominated Money, Money, Money) to the bestselling novels written under his own name, Evan Hunter—including The Blackboard Jungle (now in a fiftieth anniversary edition from Pocket Books) and Criminal Conversation. Fiddlers, his final 87th Precinct novel, was recently published in hardcover. Writing as both Ed McBain and Evan Hunter, he broke new ground with Candyland, a novel in two parts. He also wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. He died in 2005. Visit EdMcBain.com.

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    • 4/5
      Just one case in this book, but it's a good one! A young gal is murdered on a rainy night after a party, and her cousin is the prime suspect! Or is it her co-worker? Or?The first two pages of this book really drew me in! And, Chapters 8 and 9, Carella reading Muriel’s diary, are such a cool way to reveal the crime and it’s background! Well, except who-done-it, which Carella figures out in the following chapter. It's a nice paced, quick read and everything I've come to expect from this series! Thanks Mr. McBain!
    • 4/5
      McBain is in full stride in this psychological thriller. Forget that the "real killer" is pretty easy to spot. The path to the end is so well-wrought, and there is real tension until the inevitable reveal. Although it is a thriller, and very much an 87th Precinct piece, with all the usual wonderful cop and detective banter and humor that makes this series so endearing, there are moments of really good writing that are the work of a mature novelist whose story-telling chops and brilliance of execution are on full display.
    • 4/5
      Fairly straightforward tale of jealousy, incest, pedophilia and homicidal insanity, all wrapped up in under 160 pages. Each of these mini-masterpieces is the template for countless TV episodes and B-movie screenplays, but they have never been delivered with more brutal concision than in these perfect paperbacks.
    • 5/5
      Saturday night is party time, two teenage girls are victims of a sex attack, one is stabbed to death the other is just wounded...a messy case for the detectives of the 87th. As ever, a gripping read.