Tous Les Hommes Morts (Paperback)

from Carol420

More than thirty years ago in New York -- in May 1961, to be exact -- an old man brings together thirty young men to form a club, the only purpose of which is to meet once a year for dinner and to note which of their number have passed away since the last meeting. When the next-to-last member die...

from gmmartz

I don't think I've read any Lawrence Block books in the last 10 years, but he was at one point a favorite of mine. My tastes have changed, I guess, or maybe the competition is better, but A Long Line of Dead Men (written in '94) wasn't good enough to get me back into his work. It's an interesting...

from Hagelstein

Matt Scudder is a divorced former detective and recovering alcoholic trying to make a living as an unlicensed private investigator in New York City. He's hired to find out why members of a secret club are dying at an accelerated rate. This could be a typical mystery, but it's not. The writing is ...

from DaveWilde

"A Long Line of Dead Men" is the 12th Matthew Scudder novel, a most unusual detective series. If you have been reading this series, you, of course, know that Scudder left the police force after a shooting that ended with an innocent child getting killed, that Scudder descended into drink and desp...

from benfulton

Weird idea for a story. Weird idea for a villain. But I guess when you live in New York, just about anything will happen if you give it enough time. Scudder is far enough advanced in AA that he, sort of, sponsors another alcoholic through the program, which makes for some interesting discussion. ...