Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man (USA 2015)

From the Publisher:
"You'll have to speak a little louder," the voice said. "I'm a little hard of hearing."
Between a highly successful cat burglar and a hippie crucifixion, the 87th Precinct definitely doesn't need the Deaf Man showing up again -- especially since his two previous appearances resulted in blackmail, murder, and general havoc. But at least they have him now...unless he had them first.

The Deaf Man can hardly contain his glee. Detective Steve Carella is about to inadvertently help him rob a bank. Each day, he mails Carella a picture to keep the game going. The first two are pictures of J. Edgar Hoover, while the next ones involve George Washington. All are clues, obviously. But how do they add up? And will the 87th Precinct find out before the Deaf Man has the last laugh?

A tough, taut, and hilarious mystery, Ed McBain's classic novel will captivate a new generation of police procedural fans.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. An 87th Precinct Novel. Thomas & Mercer, ISBN: 9781477829004 (March, 2015), 218 p., $15.95.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
THE 87th PRECINCT
The criminals who invade the 87th Precinct aren't known for their intelligence. Their crimes are usually brutal, stupid, and rash. But every once in a while, the 87th gets a good bad guy to hunt down...

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN
WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE, I'M GOING TO STEAL $500,000 ON THE LAST DAY OF APRIL. So wrote the Deaf Man, the 87th Precinct's own private nemesis. Carella, Kling, Hawes, and Brown know the Deaf Man is trying to make them look stupid. Unfortunately, they have to deal with crimes already committed-including one that introduces Kling to the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. But the last of April is fast approaching, and the men of the eight-seven can't deny that they're dying to find out what the Deaf Man has cooked up this time...

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. An 87th Precinct Mystery. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446609706 (January, 2001), 237 p., $6.99.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man (UK 1980)

From the Publisher:
'One of the very best of the 87th Precinct saga... the climax is ecstatically satisfying' -- OBSERVER
If you happen to be a cop, there are some people you don't need: a guy with an arrow in his chest... a burglar who leaves a kitten as his calling card... a hippie crucified on a tenement wall, and the Deaf Man - who announced he was going to steal half-a-million dollars and needled Steve Carella with a series of cryptic picture clues. With the warm weather starting, these were people the squadroom didn't need. That was for sure...

'Marvellously ingenious, as always' -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'The best of today's procedural school of police stories - lively, inventive, convincing, suspenseful, and wholly satisfactory' -- NEW YORK TIMES

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. London: Pan Books, 1980, ISBN: 0330243071, 189 p., 90p.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man (UK 1978)

'Marvellously ingenious, as always' -- SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'McBain remains the most totally entertaining of police-procedural writers... the crimes the 87th Precinct investigates are scarcely ever common or garden, almost always rare or wild' -- SUNDAY TIMES

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. London: Pan Books, 1978, ISBN: 0330243071, 189 p., 70p.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man (USA 1974)

From the Publisher:
"WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE I'M GOING TO STEAL $500,000 ON THE LAST DAY OF APRIL"
The strange phone calls had started again. And then the bizarre series of photos began arriving. The Deaf Man was back in town, and the boys of the 87th could hardly turn a deaf ear. Even a gruesome hippie crucifixion and an elusive cat burglar who left live kittens as his calling card could not keep Steve Carella and the rest from the torment of the Deaf Man's riddle.

But more than money was at stake in this madman's game. If the 87th Precinct couldn't puzzle out the Deaf Man's clues, would they become his unwilling partners in the most incredible crime of the year...?

"One of his best... a masterful suspense novel." -- Pittsburgh Press

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. An explosive sizzling 87th Precinct Mystery. Signet Books #Q5794 (February, 1974 - 3rd printing, no date given), 154 p., ¢.95.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man (USA 1973)

From the Publisher:
"You'll have to speak louder", the voice said. "I'm a little hard of hearing."
What with one thing and another, such as a highly successful cat burglar and what seemed to be a hippie cru-cifixion, the 87th Precinct didn't need The Deaf Man. Especially since he'd already put in two previous appear ances resulting in blackmail, murder and general havoc. But they had him, certainly, they very definitely had him -or was it he that had them?

This time, The Deaf Man thinks it fitting that a police detective will help him rob a bank. Detective Steve Ca-rella, to be exact. So, each day, he sends Carella a photostat in the morn-ing mail. The first two are pictures of J. Edgar Hoover; the next are of George Washington. All are clues, ob viously, but what do they mean? Who, where, when and how?

This is a tough, taut, funny mystery with a number of very peculiar cases and a most surprising ending, played against Ed McBain's highly-detailed knowledge of police and detective procedure.

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN IS Ed McBain's twenty-sixth novel about the 87th Precinct. There have been several films based on the series, the most recent being FUZZ, in which The Deaf Man was introduced to millions of movie-goers.

Ed McBain: Let's Hear it for the Deaf Man. An 87th Precinct Mystery. Garden City, NY.: Doubleday, 1973, ISBN: 038501600X, 231 p., $5.95.