Monday 28 March 2022

Ed McBain's Hark! - Episode 54, bonus: Stars In Your Mouths

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast bonus episode!

This is the bonus for our show all about the 54th (of 55!) novel in the series, Hark!
 
As usual we take a look at the cover designs for the book then settle back into the usual nonsense from the year of publication - in this case it's 2004. Prepare yourself for the Dave Mathews Band, Look and Read and some sequels. 
 
See you soon for the concluding story in the series - FIDDLERS.
 
Fare thee well.
 

Wednesday 16 March 2022

Ed McBain's Hark! - Book 54: Violins All Round

 Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast.

It's 2004 and we're finally examining the book that we named the podcast after... HARK! Our old frenemy, The Deaf Man, is back and this time his scheme is more baffling than ever. We dig into this, the penultimate entry in the canon. Nearly there, folks!
 
We outline some of the events in 2004 and you can, of course, join us in the bonus episode for more from that year. Join us soon for the FINAL book in the series, Fiddlers.
 
Fare thee well.
 

Wednesday 2 March 2022

Ed McBain's Love Or Money - Book 53a: Air Vent Temptation

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct bonus mini-episode.

In 2003 the BBC ran a writing competition and amongst the eight 'famous' authors taking part was Mr McBain himself. After generating a short-story for the competition entrants to complete, the authors also wrote their own end to the tale and so we get an extra little slice of the 87th Precinct to enjoy.
Click on the links here for the archived BBC website and the PDF of the complete tale.
 
See you soon for Book 54 - Hark!
 
Fare thee well.