Hail to the Chief
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
It’s January. The weather is cold—and it’s about to feel even colder. Detectives Carella and Kling of the 87th Precinct stand at the edge of their jurisdiction staring down into a ditch filled with six naked, murdered bodies. But who put them there and why?
As Carella and Kling dive deeper into the mystery of the six, they find themselves walking into a deadly battle among three teenage gangs: the Hispanic Death’s Heads, the African American Scarlet Avengers, and a white gang known as “the clique.” Racing to put together the clues before a criminal mastermind and a full-blown gang war tear the city apart, Carella and Kling need to use every trick in their arsenal.
Hail to the Chief is one of the finest in bestselling author Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct series. An edgy thriller with marvelous characters that speeds toward an explosive final act.
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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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5“There were three men, two young girls, and a baby in the ditch.” All naked. All dead. Caught up in a gang war. Between three gangs!Interestingly, abortion is a major factor in this. A fifteen year old girl is ‘not allowed’ to have one, which precipitates the violence. Interesting, as some folks in the United States RIGHT NOW, nearly 50 years after this book was published, are still attempting to ‘not allow’ an entire country of woman to have the freedom to choose. 50 years! WTF.Not a fan of Randall Nesbitt’s statement interspersed between the story of the investigation. I found it to be more interruptive than interesting.But, I’m a big fan of the 87th, and the story of their investigation was as good as always!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Once again, McBain plays with form as the detective work carried out by our heroes is interspersed with a comprehensive confession that fills in many of the gaps. These two narrative threads run side by side sometimes switching off from paragraph to paragraph with no indication of the change in POV. I can't think of many modern novelists who could pull this off so seamlessly and keep things moving forwards. It's utterly cinematic. Bravo.