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Lady, Lady, I Did It!
87th Precinct • Book 14
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.86 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.47 Audible (60)5h 41m listening time • Released 2012 - 2
Ten Plus One
87th Precinct • Book 17
by Ed McBain, Dick Hill
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.85 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.45 Audible (56)6h 48m listening time • Released 2012 - 3
Long Time No See
87th Precinct • Book 32
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.85 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (48)9h 40m listening time • Released 2012 - 4
Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man
87th Precinct • Book 27
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.84 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.25 Audible (51)6h 34m listening time • Released 2015 - 5
The Pusher
87th Precinct • Book 3
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.82 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.22 Audible (133)6h 34m listening time • Released 2014 - 7
Killer's Choice
87th Precinct • Book 5
by Ed McBain, Jack M. Bickham, Jeff Clinton, Unknown Author
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.81 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (116)5h 43m listening time • Released 2012Dick Hill's measured, unflinching narration transforms this 87th Precinct mystery into a noir interrogation where every suspect's silence speaks louder than their alibis.
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Eighty Million Eyes
87th Precinct • Book 21
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.81 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.28 Audible (57)5h 57m listening time • Released 2012 - 9
Lady Killer
87th Precinct • Book 8
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (83)5h 29m listening time • Released 2012 - 10
Killer's Wedge
87th Precinct • Book 7
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.80 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (2.1K) ★ 4.21 Audible (87)5h 38m listening time • Released 2012 - 12
Ghosts
87th Precinct • Book 34
by ed-mcbain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.79 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.32 Audible (59)7h 6m listening time • Released 2012Dick Hill's noir-weathered voice is perfect for McBain's gritty precinct procedural, turning a holiday murder case into something genuinely tense and dark.
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Give the Boys a Great Big Hand
87th Precinct • Book 11
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.78 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.22 Audible (63)5h 59m listening time • Released 2012 - 14
Killer's Payoff
87th Precinct • Book 6
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.78 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (95)6h 15m listening time • Released 2014Dick Hill's narration transforms this blackmail procedural into a noir-tinged interrogation room drama where every suspect sounds like they're hiding something. McBain's tight plotting and Hill's ability to voice a precinct full of morally compromised characters make this 87th Precinct entry feel essential.
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Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!
87th Precinct • Book 25
by Ed McBain, Dick Hill
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.78 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.19 Audible (54)6h 7m listening time • Released 2012 - 17
Blood Relatives
87th Precinct • Book 30
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.77 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.32 Audible (47)6h 3m listening time • Released 2012 - 19
The Con Man
87th Precinct • Book 4
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.77 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (146)6h 7m listening time • Released 2011 - 20
Eight Black Horses
87th Precinct • Book 38
by Ed McBain, Mark T. Sullivan
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.77 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.21 Audible (47)8h 17m listening time • Released 2015 - 23
Sadie When She Died
87th Precinct • Book 26
by Ed McBain
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.76 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.08 Audible (75)6h 3m listening time • Released 2014
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