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The Screaming Mimi
- Author
- Fredric Brown
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Publish Date
- 11 March 2014
- Run Time
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This beloved, larger-than-life thriller from Edgar Award–winning author Fredric Brown stars Bill Sweeney, an ace reporter with an otherworldly drinking problem who gets mixed up with a naked woman as the latter is trying to avoid becoming the fourth victim of a local serial killer—"the Ripper." Rousing himself from his drunken stupor in order to aid the woman, Bill sets out on the killer's trail. As he puts questions and answers together, he finds himself face-to-face with madness and death.
In this wild ride from a renowned author, you'll visit an insane asylum, meet a bum named "God," and discover the little statue that ties everything together.
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“Again an unusual type of crime and criminal…The pace here is fast, the pitch high.”
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Details
- Author
- Fredric Brown
- Narrator
- Stefan Rudnicki
- Duration
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 March 2014
- ISBN
- 9781482998993
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
This beloved, larger-than-life thriller from Edgar Award–winning author Fredric Brown stars Bill Sweeney, an ace reporter with an otherworldly drinking problem who gets mixed up with a naked woman as the latter is trying to avoid becoming the fourth victim of a local serial killer—"the Ripper." Rousing himself from his drunken stupor in order to aid the woman, Bill sets out on the killer's trail. As he puts questions and answers together, he finds himself face-to-face with madness and death.In this wild ride from a renowned author, you'll visit an insane asylum, meet a bum named "God," and discover the little statue that ties everything together.
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