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Poison

87th Precinct • Book 39

by Ed McBain

Narrated by Dick Hill

3.77 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
★ 3.95 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.15 Audible (41)
8h 30m Released 2012 Mystery

About This Audiobook

Detective Hal Willis of the 87th Precinct takes on the deaths of two men connected to Marilyn Hollis, a woman whose beauty and apparent vulnerability draw him in as much as they should make him keep his distance. As Willis investigates the deaths and finds himself falling for Hollis, the case opens onto a trail of deception that puts his professional judgment and his life in serious jeopardy. Ed McBain's thirty-ninth entry in his landmark procedural series brings the personal stakes closer than most.

Dick Hill is a natural fit for the 87th Precinct's street-level realism, delivering McBain's characteristic ensemble with the matter-of-fact authority that defines the series. His narration handles Willis's compromised position without judgment, letting the situation develop its full moral complexity. At under nine hours, Poison is a taut and quietly unsettling entry in one of crime fiction's most enduring series.

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