(Semi-spoilers coming.) One of the best of McBain, among a lot of others. We’d love your help. So as is the case with these episodes, McBain gets to throw in all kinds of seemingly random clues and realism takes a back seat. I purchased and enjoyed reading several of the books by Evan Hunter writing as Ed McBain back in the 60s, 70s and 80s. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? I’m starting to like Ed McBain’s writing. Sees the return of the Deaf Man - taunting the boys of the 87th Precinct with enigmatic messages and ill deeds, specially for Christmas. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Then on the last day there’s a power outage & someone arrives to install something. The Deaf Man is back! I have come to feel like I know the characters over the years. I was not really looking forward to another story involving the Deaf Man, the bank-robbing nemesis of the 87th, but in the end it was a good yarn, linking all the various components of his two plots. Horse Galloping Andalusian Horse Friesian Horse Arabian Horses Wild Animals Photography Equine Photography Nature Animals Animals And Pets Black Horses. Library descriptions No library descriptions found. "Eight Black Horses" was published in 1985, but it's more like a throwback to an earlier time in the 87th Precinct's development, when the accent was more on the mystery and less on the characters around it. Please try again. The twists are nicely laid in, and the dialogue is razor sharp. Eight black horses and a black carriage marching solemnly in the heart of Naples is a scene from The Godfather film style or the like. Discover releases, reviews, track listings, recommendations, and more about Alex Zhang Hungtai, David Maranha, Gabriel Ferrandini - Eight Black Horses Crown Snake at Discogs. Eight Black Horses is an inventive, tightly woven 87th Precinct novel—and it’s Ed McBain at his incomparable best. Label: Violante Do Céu - none • Format: CD Album, Limited Edition • Country: Portugal • Genre: Electronic, Jazz • Style: Experimental, Avant-garde Jazz Highly recommend to everyone who might estimate and eventually enjoy author's "87th Precinct" series. Please try again. Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (March 24, 2015). Meanwhile, Carella & Co. are receiving cryptic illustrated messages in the mail: six police shields, eight black horses, etc. Then another woman is killed—after being seduced by a man pretending to be detective Steve Carella of the 87th Precinct! It happened yesterday in the early morning. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! At one point the arch-nemesis Deaf Man leaves a crime scene, and the cops don't think to "dust for prints". Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. So I sometimes quote the small summaries from the catalog of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Eight Black Horses: An 87th Precinct Novel. Love the 87th Precinct series. Another really good read. Amazon Australia Amazon Canada Amazon France Amazon Germany Amazon India Amazon Italy Amazon Spain Amazon UK Amazon. One female character acts like a nympho willing to do any ditzy thing for a sex fix. Eight Black Horses by Ed Mcbain. The one criminal that the detectives of the 87th Precinct have never been able to catch is back in town. Deaf Man taunting the cops is wickedly done. Once again, through some luck and some clumsiness, major calamity is avoided. Foiled again. I'm sure he had fun writing them, though. 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