Search
    Search FictionDB
      Tap cover to enlarge

      Widows

      by Ed McBain
      Published
      Jan 1991
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
      Rating
      Pages
      10
      Buy on Amazon Book
      Series
      An 87th Precinct Novel Book 43

      About This Book

      The beautiful blonde in the penthouse apartment was dead, her face and body laced with slashes from a paring knife -- grisly evidence of the terrible things the city can do to pretty young women. What sordid web of money, sex, and greed had ensnared Susan Brauer? The stack of unsigned erotic letters in her possession was the first clue. Then the murder of Susan's lover, a married lawyer in his sixties, leads the cops of the 87th to the women left behind: the lawyer's wife, his ex, his daughters. And for Detective Carella, his own father's senseless death in a bakery holdup sears through the intense summer heat -- and sends him on a fevered hunt for the one who made his mother a widow and shrouded his family in grief.

      Series Placement

      Book 43
      🔄 Best Read in Order
      View full series order

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Law Enforcement Police Procedural

      Buy This Book

      Amazon Physical Book | Kindle
      Barnes & Noble Physical Book
      Bookshop.org Physical Book Audible Audiobook

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jan 1992 Avon ISBN13 9780380713837 ISBN10 0380713837
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      May 2001 Gallery Books ISBN13 9780743426664 ISBN10 0743426665
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Mass Market Paperback
      Nov 2004 Pocket ISBN13 9780743470766 ISBN10 0743470761
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Feb 2012 Thomas & Mercer ISBN13 9781455872916 ISBN10 1455872911
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Mar 2012 Thomas & Mercer ISBN13 9781612181905 ISBN10 1612181902
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      First Edition Jan 1991 William Morrow ISBN13 9780688102197 ISBN10 0688102190
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Dec 2011 Thomas & Mercer ISBN10 B005WZZUHG
      Buy

      Audio

      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Aug 1991 Books on Tape ISBN13 9780736619653 ISBN10 0736619658
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Jan 1992 HarperCollins ISBN13 9781559944625 ISBN10 1559944625
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Feb 1998 Media Books Audio Publishing ISBN13 9781578150564 ISBN10 1578150566
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      Jan 2013 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781455872213 ISBN10 1455872210
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD (abridged)
      Jan 2013 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781455872565 ISBN10 1455872563
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      MP3 CD
      Jan 2013 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781455873265 ISBN10 1455873268
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      MP3 CD
      Jan 2013 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781455873616 ISBN10 1455873616
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Jan 2013 Brilliance Audio ISBN10 B00AVGGBRY
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      MP3 CD
      Sep 2015 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781501292460 ISBN10 1501292463
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      Mar 2016 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781511374095 ISBN10 1511374098
      Buy

      Large Print

      Large Print edition cover
      Hardcover
      Feb 1992 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN13 9780816153114 ISBN10 0816153116
      Buy