Alice in Jeopardy
Written by Ed McBain
Narrated by Bernadette Dunne
3.5/5
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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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Reviews for Alice in Jeopardy
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"There's nothing like early retirement to make a man feel dead." I can attest to this quote from Ed McBain's excellent tale of a woman whose children are kidnapped. She is struggling to make a living as a real estate agent in Florida following the accidental death of her husband when he fell from a boat. In the meantime, her son was so traumatized by his father's death, he has become mute and Alice, on the cusp of making her first house sale with the prospect of a badly needed commission, is hit by a car and has her ankle broken. Could things possibly get worse? Well, they do as the kids are kidnapped and the cops in the small town seem reminiscent of the Keystone Kops not to mention jurisdictional fighting with the feds.
There are some marvelous set pieces. As they sit in the living room and Alice becomes more frustrated with the cops, a blond woman in a red mustang pulls into the driveway. It's Jennifer Redding, the woman who hit Alice the day before. She thanks Alice for not calling the police, they discuss whether it's better for Jennifer or Alice to report the accident, the kind of small talk at which McBain excels. Then Jennifer offers Alice a box of chocolate, "everybody likes chocolate, right?" and then in a marvelous scene hints that wouldn't it be nice if Alice offered her some pieces of candy from the box she was just given. Brings a smile to your face.
Not at all your usual McBain and the 87th Precinct. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Eight months ago, Alice Glendenning lost her husband in a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico. Alice and her two children are grieving and not doing well financially. Alice isn't sure how she is going to pay the bills as she is trying to jump-start a career in real estate. Then things get much worse one afternoon when the kids don't come home from school. After a promising start, things deteriorate, and the book ends up being just mediocre.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An easy comfort read. Not up to the usual standard of McBain's work.