Vespers
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
There are a lot of unspeakable things that happen in the big city, and the murder of St. Catherine’s Father Birney is one of them. For Detectives Carella and Hawes of the 87th Precinct, finding the killer means taking a journey into the darkest corners of the city’s soul.
The satanic cult near St. Catherine’s parish is the obvious first suspect—but not necessarily the right one. As the detectives investigate the priest’s life, they uncover blackmail, old grudges, and hidden motives. When everyone has a secret and the truth hides within the lies, Carella and Hawes must rely on their premier detective work to find the killer.
This installment of the author’s famed 87th Precinct series is as deep and rich as they come, delivering the goods with unparalleled, brute emotional force.
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: 4 out of 5 stars4/5“Vespers was the sixth of the seven canonical hours.” The evening prayer.A priest is stabbed to death at his church. A “stone’s throw” from the murder scene is a church of devil worship. The details of the services at that church are described in almost too much detail. A word of warning to any reader who may be offended, or even grossed out by those details. I'm telling you, they are explicit!Detective Hal Willis has a girlfriend named Marilyn Hollis, who has a past. That past comes back to get her. This story line was not very interesting, in my opinion.I liked the whole Easter Sunday, “Rashomon” storyline! So many versions of what happened! 6 in fact! Nice little creepy ending too!“Blood was blood. Blood told.”
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not one of my favorite McBain 87th Precinct stories. Too many threads, I thought. In particular the scenario with the girlfriend of Willis was unnecessary and distracting.A priest who had recently been pushing parishioners to tithe; a former hooker who killed her pimp in Buenos Aires and is now the girlfriend of Detective Willis who is being chased by some thugs for the killing; and a local Satanist church are the initial focal points in this mishmash. Some of the scenes, especially those of the so-called Satanic church struck me as wildly improbable.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I generally love McBain, but found the opening very violent and the Satanic scenes much too graphic. I did not finish it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wordy. A lot of backstory, but saved by a strong plot.