Beauty and the Beast (Matthew Hope Mystery)

McBain, Ed

ISBN 10: 1511374101 ISBN 13: 9781511374101

Publisher: Brilliance Audio, 2016

Synopsis

When a pale beauty accuses her hideous husband of battery, then turns up dead, the lawyer she d hired before her death is coerced into defending the accused man, so case closed only the beast may be innocent. Praise for the Matthew Hope Mysteries: He is, by far, the best at what he does. Case closed. "People" McBain has a great approach, great attitude, terrific style, strong plots, excellent dialogue, sense of place, and sense of reality. Elmore Leonard"

About this title

About the Author:

Born in New York, Evan Hunter (1926–2005) wrote the screen play for Hitchcock’s The Birds in 1963. He received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and is one of three American writers to be awarded the Diamond Dagger for a lifetime of achievement by the British Crime Writers Association.

Under the name Ed McBain, he authored the sprawling 87th Precinct series—the longest, most varied crime series in the world—which includes fifty-five novels about a fictional team of policemen, and thirteen novels in the Matthew Hope series featuring an up-and-coming lawyer in the Florida Gulf Coast. Known for tackling controversial content with a thoughtful eye, he is the author of over eighty novels.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1511374101
• ISBN 13: 9781511374101
• Binding: Audio CD