EPISODE · Dec 27, 2002 · 5H 23M
Fat Ollie's Book Audiobook by Ed McBain
from Listen to Best Sellers Audiobooks in Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedurals · host Ed McBain
https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/287/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Fat Ollie's Book Subtitle: A Novel of the 87th Precinct Author: Ed McBain Narrator: Ron McLarty Format: Abridged Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins Language: English Release date: 12-27-02 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 38 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Police Procedurals Publisher's Summary: But this is the first time Fat Ollie Weeks of the 88th Precinct has written a novel, ah yes. Called Report to the Commissioner, it follows a cunning detective named Olivia Wesley Watts, who, apart from being female and slim, is rather like Fat Ollie himself. While Ollie's responding to the squeal about the dead councilman, his leather dispatch case is stolen from the back of his car - and in it, the only copy of his precious manuscript. Joined by Carella and Kling from the neighboring 87th Precinct, Ollie investigates the homicide with all the exquisite crudeness, insensitivity, and determination for which he is famous. But the theft of his first novel fills Ollie with a renewed passion for old-fashioned detective work. Following the exploits of one of Ed McBain's most beloved detectives, this lively and complicated tale - the 52nd in the award-winning series - is McBain at his best. Critic Reviews: "The excerpts from Ollie's novel will bring tears of laughter to [your] eyes as McBain skewers the inherent conceits of the procedural genre as well as bad writers everywhere. Wonderful entertainment." (Booklist) "Priceless. One would never know that this is the 52nd book in a series, for it is as fresh and vibrant as all the rest." (Library Journal)
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