Matthew Scudder In the Midst of Death, Book 3, (Paperback)

from ccookie

First line: ~ October is about as good as the city gets~ This, the third book in the Matt Scudder series, moves us along in getting to know Scudder, a skilled, private investigator. If you have rea...

from James_Patrick_Joyce

Lawrence Block's Scudder is a wonderful character. He and his world are entirely believable. In fact, these are stories that could be an account of a real guy's experiences, which is not usually th...

from crazybatcow

Firstly, to be clear, I love Lawrence Block's writing style - he is crisp, to the point, sometimes a bit shocking (more so in later books), and non-moralistic. His characters are flawed men who rem...

from miyurose

I liked this soooooooo much more than When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. I like how Block doesn't really narrate the story... he lets the characters tell you what's going on through the dialogue. Ther...

from col2910

Blurb.... NYPD cop Jerry Broadfield has turned on his own, collaborating in a Special Prosecutor's investigation into police corruption. It's a move that lands him in a jail cell on a murder rap an...