Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man Pb [Paperback]

Ed McBain (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 1995

The last thing Steve Carella of the 87th Precinct needs is the reappearance of the Deaf Man. He and his colleagues in the squadroom already have more than enough to cope with. Cryptic clues from his old adversary don't amuse him, but he knows he's got no choice but to try to solve them.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Mandarin (February 27, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074930927X
• ISBN-13: 978-0749309275
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,323,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed McBain was one of the many pen names of the successful and prolific crime fiction author Evan Hunter (1926 - 2005). Born Salvatore Lambino in New York, McBain served aboard a destroyer in the US Navy during World War II and then earned a degree from Hunter College in English and Psychology. After a short stint teaching in a high school, McBain went to work for a literary agency in New York, working with authors such as Arthur C. Clarke and P.G. Wodehouse all the while working on his own writing on nights and weekends. He had his first breakthrough in 1954 with the novel The Blackboard Jungle, which was published under his newly legal name Evan Hunter and based on his time teaching in the Bronx.

Perhaps his most popular work, the 87th Precinct series (released mainly under the name Ed McBain) is one of the longest running crime series ever published, debuting in 1956 with Cop Hater and featuring over fifty novels. The series is set in a fictional locale called Isola and features a wide cast of detectives including the prevalent Detective Steve Carella.

McBain was also known as a screenwriter. Most famously he adapted a short story from Daphne Du Maurier into the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963). In addition to writing for the silver screen, he wrote for many television series, including Columbo and the NBC series 87th Precinct (1961-1962), based on his popular novels.

McBain was awarded the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement in 1986 by the Mystery Writers of America and was the first American to receive the Cartier Diamond Dagger award from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. He passed away in 2005 in his home in Connecticut after a battle with larynx cancer.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DEAF MAN STRIKES AGAIN!!!!, October 19, 2002

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Mac Blair "Mac Blair" (Huntingdon, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (87th Precinct Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

The deaf man is back. He is sending the 87th precinct clues to his nextcrime. Who can figure them out before the crime is committed?

In the meantime Kling is working on a string of burglaries. Carella is working on finding who killed a man and nailed him to a wall. All things come together at the end but it makes for good reading to get there. The deaf man is a thorn in the side of the 87th. Will he be captured this time? McBain again weaves all the pople into a very good mystery book. It is a quick read and will hold your attention.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, September 30, 2009

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Rudy Andl - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (87th Precinct Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

McBain is the definitive author of police procedure. All his writing entail two or three different crime investigations going on at the same time with one crime being the center of attention. Many times to come together at the end.

If you liked Hill Street Blues you will love any McBain novel. He has over fifty in the 87th precint series and each one is a solid if not five star read. Lets Hear it is one of the best.

He uses the same characters in the series which lends itself to broad characters and richer stories.

No other writer like McBain. A style all his own. A true master of the craft.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Taubman vs Carella, July 17, 2008

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Grey Wolffe "Zeb Kantrowitz" (North Waltham, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lets Hear It for the Deaf Man (87th Precinct Mystery) (Paperback)

What's with this guy? Why doesn't he just go do his business in another town and leave the guys of the 87th alone? Why doesn't he leave Steve Carella alone?

As with all of McBain's books there are three stories going on simultaneously. The first is related to a group of burglaries of apartments where the tenants are on vacation. The apartments are ransacked and a kitten is left by the (cat) burglar. None of the apartments' doors have been jimmied or picked, so how does he get in?

The second mystery is a murder. A man is found nailed to the wall in an abandoned building. The only clue, a left sneaker size 12, and the remains of a fire.

The third and main story is that of the "Deaf Man". He mails clues to the 87th and calls them on the phone. The clues point to a robbery at a bank, which the Deaf Man says Steve Carella will help him with. Needless to say that the Deaf Man is to smart for himself and gives Steve one clue too many. Great Fun.

Zeb Kantrowitz