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Book Review of Hark! (87th Precinct, Bk 54)

Hark!  (87th Precinct, Bk 54)
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I'M A FATHEAD, MEN!
I AM THE DEAF MAN!
Unscrambling the cryptic messages - anagrams, Detective Carella called them - delivered to the 87th Precinct confirmed that the master criminal who has eluded them time and again is not only alive and well, but may or may not be behind a deadly revenge shooting. For that matter, the Deaf Man may or may not be deaf. But he's getting through loud and clear with clues drawn from Shakespeare's works - taunting hints and maddening riddles pointing to his next plan of attack. It doesn't take a literary scholar to know there's no room for misinterpretation. For when the Deaf Man talks, everybody listens...or somebody gets hurt.