Eight Million Ways to Die

from satyridae

I'm not a huge mystery fan, but I did adore Matt Scudder. I think I read most of them, then somehow drifted away.

from etrainer

This Scudder mystery is gritty enough, but the final solution comes too quickly and from the merest of clues. Still, it's hard to beat Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder books for an entertaining read. I have read many of these out of sequence and find it interesting to have meet some of the character...

from benfulton

Bouncing around in the Scudder saga as I am, I don't necessarily know how much of the character of this fascinating detective is covered in books I haven't read. I'm sure that in the first book I read, very late in the series, Scudder was comfortable not drinking, going to AA meetings and telling...

from hayduke

The actual murder mystery takes second place to Scudder's struggle with the bottle in 8 Million Ways to Die. When I realized that I was 60 pages in and the murder hadn't been committed yet I knew I was going to like this book. I look forward to reading the earlier books in the series to get more ...

from NewsieQ

This is one of the best Matthew Scudder books ... along with When the Sacred Gin Mill Closes. Lawrence Block is a wonderful writer.