Matthew Scudder Novels A Drop of the Hard Stuff, (Paperback)

from shelleyraec

Lawrence Block is a prolific crime/mystery writer, having published more than 50 novels since the early 1960's, though is probably best known for his series, the Matt Scudder novels being one of them. I have only read a handful from the series and it has been nearly 6 years since the last was pub...

from tmph

Not so bad; half of the book is vintage Block. The other half is all Alcoholics Anonymous. The conceit of the book is that Matt Scudder, the intrepid ex-cop, un-licensed private detective, tries to figure out the murder of a friend of a friend when the clue resides in the victim's Ninth Step (or ...

from jovilla

Lawrence Block is my favorite mystery writer. This is the latest Matthew Scudder mystery with Matt scrambling to maintain his first year of sobriety while dealing with a number of interesting characters in AA and on the street. A series of murders takes place and Matt is on the trail.

from joelhagan

Another great Scudder mystery. I've been a Lawrence Block fan for a long time and have read almost all of his books. While I didn't feel this was his best (Scudder or otherwise) it was a nice read that kept you guessing. It was nice to see some of the genesis of Scudder's character and to go a li...

from TallyDi

If you've never read a Matthew Scudder novel, this will be a good starting place, but if you like this book as much as I have, you'll then need to go back and find all the others. In this book Scudder tells about events that happened years before. Well worth reading in its own right.