
The Pusher
87th Precinct, Book 3
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Narrated by:
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Dick Hill
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By:
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Ed McBain
A bitterly cold night offers up a body turned blue - not frozen, but swinging from a rope in a dank basement. The dead teen seems like a clear case of suicide, but Detective Steve Carella and Lieutenant Peter Byrnes find a few facts out of place, and an autopsy confirms their suspicions. The boy hadn’t hung himself but OD’d on heroin before an unknown companion strung him up to hide the true cause of death.
The revelation dredges up enough muck to muddy the waters of what should’ve been an open-and-shut case. To find the answers to a life gone off the rails, Carella and Byrnes face a deep slog into the community of users and pushers - but a grim phone call discloses that very community already has its claws in a cop’s son. A new pusher is staking a claim right under the 87th Precinct’s noses, and it’s up to Carella and Byrnes to snag the viper before it poisons their whole lives.
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Of the initial 3 installments for the 87th Precinct series, "The Pusher" is the best. Ed McBain has hit his stride with this 3rd volume - his characters and the milieu of his city are comfortably established and the story can focus more on plot and character interaction.
Dick Hill gives a great performance covering a variety of character dialogue.
Ed McBain hits his stride with the series
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I've read the entire series, and McBain writes a very specific style. Reading the books, it works. The long, repetitive diatribes and character angst work in print. Translated to audio, it falls short.
Dick Hill is a great narrator. I love his Jack Reacher. In this performance though, he is so cartoonish and melodramatic as to become annoying.
Combined with McBain/Hunter's long diatribes and Hill's melodrama, I actually fast-forwarded ahead several minutes at a time throughout the book.
This one is a good story, but get the book or read it on Kindle.
May make you run for a fix
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Getting in to the detective books
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What made the experience of listening to The Pusher the most enjoyable?
it's the way mcbain tells the story, with his own unique voiceWho was your favorite character and why?
steve corella. He has a sensitivity other cops wouldn't have. For him to have a deaf girlfriend really speaks highly of his characterWould you listen to another book narrated by Dick Hill?
certainly not. Hill used to be an excellent reader, but the old guy is fading.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
gritty, compelling. g,Any additional comments?
Dick Hill should retire gracefully. I think he must have had a stroke, he no longer speaks with ease.classic mcbain, can't put it down
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Story ok Dick Hill not
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