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Fiddlers: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mysteries)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780151012169
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0151012164
Label: Harcourt
Manufacturer: Harcourt
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: September 12, 2005
Publisher: Harcourt
Studio: Harcourt
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Editorial Review:
Ed McBain's latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a college professor trudging home from class, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog--these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. But most serial killers don't use guns. Most serial killers don't strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something more than being over fifty years of age. Now it falls to Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues in the 87th Precinct to find out what-or whom-the victims had in common before another body is found. With trademark wit and sizzling dialogue, McBain unravels a mystery and examines the dreams we chase in the darkening hours before the fiddlers have fled.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good
This kind of novel is a little off the beaten path for me, but I had always wanted to read a McBain mystery, and now having done so, I'm glad I did. Good light reading featuring very human "good guys" and a villain with a credible back story.
Rating:  - A decent end to a landmark series of novels
Having read more than half of the fifty-five 87th precinct novels written by the recently deceased Ed McBain, I think they break down into two categories. First, there are those that grip you from the get-go and, more important, can be read as an enjoyable" stand alone" novel even if you are not a fan. The three that come to mind for me are "Ice," "Lullaby" and "Hark." On the other hand, there are the ones that are seemingly a bit more plodding but if you are into the characters and McBain's style, ... Read More
Rating:  - Five Star Finale
Though it had to be, what a shame to end the series on such a downbeat note, with Steve Carella's little April, once the apple of his eye, turning into a gang girl, and her opposite number, the boy twin, becoming a snitch, a rat, of the worst description, telling on April as soon as it's convenient. Those twins once were the highwater mark of cute kids in the detective novel, now they're just like slimy movie kids. Their mother seems incapable of keeping up with the changes puberty brings. Yes, she ... Read More
Rating: - Fiddlers
"Fiddlers" is the 55th and last novel of the 87the Precinct by Ed McBain who passed away in 2005 shortly before this novel was published. "Fiddlers" is an excellent novel that reminded me of many of the earlier 87th Precinct novels. Max Sobolov, a blind violinist, is murdered outside the club in which he was playing. Then, Alicia Hendricks, a cosmetics salesperson, is murdered. Then college professor Christine Langston is murdered followed by a priest Father Michael and a 70+ year old woman named Helen ... Read More
Rating: - I hate to see these draw to a close...
I'm sad to see the 87th Precinct series draw down to a close... This is (I believe) the first 87th Precinct novel released after Ed McBain's death... Fiddlers.
Carella's group draws a case where a blind violin player was found shot twice in the head behind the restaurant where he worked. This quickly becomes more than "just another murder" when a sales rep for a cosmetic company is found dead in her home, same killing wound, and same murder weapon. Five murders in two weeks, all the same ... Read More
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