Best Ed McBain Audiobooks

The best audiobooks by Ed McBain — 25 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 3.79 ABR stars.

Ed McBain's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is Lady, Lady, I Did It!, narrated by Dick Hill (3.86 ABR stars). Browse the full list below.

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    Lady, Lady, I Did It!

    87th Precinct • Book 14

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.86 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.47 Audible (60)
    5h 41m listening time • Released 2012
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    Ten Plus One

    87th Precinct • Book 17

    by Ed McBain, Dick Hill

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.85 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.45 Audible (56)
    6h 48m listening time • Released 2012
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    Long Time No See

    87th Precinct • Book 32

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.85 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.48 Audible (48)
    9h 40m listening time • Released 2012
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    Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man

    87th Precinct • Book 27

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.84 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.25 Audible (51)
    6h 34m listening time • Released 2015
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    The Pusher

    87th Precinct • Book 3

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.82 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.22 Audible (133)
    6h 34m listening time • Released 2014
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    Like Love

    87th Precinct • Book 16

    by Ed McBain, Dick Hill

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.81 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.42 Audible (48)
    6h 15m listening time • Released 2012
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    Killer's Choice

    87th Precinct • Book 5

    by Ed McBain, Jack M. Bickham, Jeff Clinton, Unknown Author

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.81 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.28 Audible (116)
    5h 43m listening time • Released 2012

    Dick Hill's measured, unflinching narration transforms this 87th Precinct mystery into a noir interrogation where every suspect's silence speaks louder than their alibis.

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    Eighty Million Eyes

    87th Precinct • Book 21

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.81 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.28 Audible (57)
    5h 57m listening time • Released 2012
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    Lady Killer

    87th Precinct • Book 8

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.80 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (83)
    5h 29m listening time • Released 2012
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    Killer's Wedge

    87th Precinct • Book 7

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.80 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (2.1K) ★ 4.21 Audible (87)
    5h 38m listening time • Released 2012
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    Tricks

    87th Precinct • Book 40

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.79 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.3 Audible (46)
    8h 12m listening time • Released 2012
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    Ghosts

    87th Precinct • Book 34

    by ed-mcbain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.79 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.32 Audible (59)
    7h 6m listening time • Released 2012

    Dick Hill's noir-weathered voice is perfect for McBain's gritty precinct procedural, turning a holiday murder case into something genuinely tense and dark.

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    Give the Boys a Great Big Hand

    87th Precinct • Book 11

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.78 ABR Score (2.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (2.6K) ★ 4.22 Audible (63)
    5h 59m listening time • Released 2012
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    Killer's Payoff

    87th Precinct • Book 6

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.78 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (95)
    6h 15m listening time • Released 2014

    Dick Hill's narration transforms this blackmail procedural into a noir-tinged interrogation room drama where every suspect sounds like they're hiding something. McBain's tight plotting and Hill's ability to voice a precinct full of morally compromised characters make this 87th Precinct entry feel essential.

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    Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!

    87th Precinct • Book 25

    by Ed McBain, Dick Hill

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.78 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.19 Audible (54)
    6h 7m listening time • Released 2012
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    Poison

    87th Precinct • Book 39

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.15 Audible (41)
    8h 30m listening time • Released 2012
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    Blood Relatives

    87th Precinct • Book 30

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (1.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (1.5K) ★ 4.32 Audible (47)
    6h 3m listening time • Released 2012
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    Ice

    87th Precinct • Book 36

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (3.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.11 Audible (64)
    12h 11m listening time • Released 2012
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    The Con Man

    87th Precinct • Book 4

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.91 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.14 Audible (146)
    6h 7m listening time • Released 2011
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    Eight Black Horses

    87th Precinct • Book 38

    by Ed McBain, Mark T. Sullivan

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.21 Audible (47)
    8h 17m listening time • Released 2015
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    Heat

    87th Precinct • Book 35

    by Ed McBain, Dick Hill

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.77 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.21 Audible (43)
    7h 54m listening time • Released 2012
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    Shotgun

    87th Precinct • Book 23

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.76 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.27 Audible (55)
    5h 23m listening time • Released 2012
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    Sadie When She Died

    87th Precinct • Book 26

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.76 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (2.5K) ★ 4.08 Audible (75)
    6h 3m listening time • Released 2014
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    Lightning

    87th Precinct • Book 37

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.75 ABR Score (1.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.18 Audible (50)
    10h 16m listening time • Released 2012
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    Jigsaw

    87th Precinct • Book 24

    by Ed McBain

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.75 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.88 Goodreads (1.6K) ★ 4.24 Audible (41)
    5h 30m listening time • Released 2012

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