Hark!

A Novel of the 87th Precinct

by Ed McBain

This addition to the 87th Precinct series brings back Shakespeare-quoting nemesis the Deaf Man. After killing a traitorous accomplice, the Deaf Man begins sending a series of riddling notes to the precinct, hinting at a crime the notorious thief is planning--but what is it? Is the Deaf Man even deaf at all? And can the detectives of the 87th Precinct divert sufficient attention away from their various personal crises to decode the messages and prevent the crime?

Editions of Hark!

ISBN 9780743250351	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Simon & Schuster	Date 2004	Price $1.00	Used, Very Good
ISBN 9781405628853	Binding/Format Digital	Publisher BBC WW	Date	Price None Available
ISBN 9780743539937	Binding/Format Digital	Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio	Date	Price None Available
ISBN 9780743536752	Binding/Format Audio Cassette	Publisher Simon & Schuster	Date 2004	Price $3.38	Used - Very Good
ISBN 9780786269341	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Thorndike Pr	Date 2004	Price $1.17	Good
ISBN 9780743476522	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Pocket Star	Date 2005	Price $1.00	Very Good

Publisher Notes

Setting out to avenge himself after being left for dead in Mischief, the Deaf Man plants a string of clues taken from the plays of Shakespeare, daring the detectives of the 87th Precinct to prevent a seemingly perfect crime. By the author of The Heckler and Eight Black Horses. Reprint.

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Synopses

Ed McBain concocts a brilliant and intricate thriller about a master criminal who haunts the city with cryptic passages from Shakespeare, directing the detectives of the 87th Precinct to a future crime -- if only they can figure out what he means. The 87th Precinct gets a visit from one of the city's most accomplished criminals -- a thief known as the Deaf Man. Because he might be deaf. Or he might not. So little is known about the man who is harassing Detective Steve Carella with puzzling messages that it is hard to tell. But as soon as a pattern emerges, the detectives of the 87th are forced to hit the books and brush up on their Shakespeare -- because each new clue contains a line from one of his works. Unless they can crack the complicated riddles and beat the Deaf Man at his own cat-and-mouse game, someone is going to end up hurt, or something will be stolen -- or both. It's always so hard to tell with the Deaf Man. Ed McBain brings his most intelligent and devious criminal back to the 87th Precinct with a richly plotted and literary crime.

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