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    Bread
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    Audiobook6 hours

    Bread

    Written by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The dog days of August are making the 87th Precinct feel like the inside of an oven. But things can always get hotter. With nearly half the squadroom on vacation, Detectives Carella and Hawes look into what appears to be an ordinary warehouse fire—but Carella and Hawes rarely see anything ordinary, and this is no different. The trail from the warehouse leads uptown to the murders of a junkie and a suspected prostitute. They soon discover a shady ghetto redevelopment deal may have gruesome ties that run deep into the city’s underbelly.

    Full of fascinating characters and dialogue that tears up the pages, Bread follows a bloody money trail through the city’s back alleys and dark corners. This installment of the 87th Precinct series is bestselling author Ed McBain at his grittiest.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 1, 2013
    ISBN9781455873647
    Bread
    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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    • 3/5
      Roger Grimm’s business is burned to the ground. Then his house. Carella and Hawes are on it. And Fat Ollie shows up on page 70! (I love Fat Ollie - his policework, not his racism)So arson, heroin, murder, and a big ol' case to figure out. For me, this book was just okay - a bit too confusing for me in the details of it all. But the overall story was entertaining, and I'm excited to move on to #30 in the series!
    • 4/5
      This one is so well-plotted, with interweaving threads that are not at all obvious until you're well into it. And for someone (like me) old enough to remember when terms like "male chauvinist pig" (or as the child in the story hears it, "male show business pig") had real bite, this is a nice time-capsule for the mid-seventies sensibilities. The Fat Ollie character is worth the price of admission.
    • 4/5
      Quite a convoluted plot for the fellas of the 87th precinct to deal with. Not because the criminals are smarter than usual, but just because there are a lot of moving parts. if I'm not mistaken, this is the first appearance of Fat Ollie and he's deliciously awful. He adds a nice element of questionable morality in a squad that is sometimes a little unnaturally right on. A solid entry.