by Lawrence Block (Author)
Matt Scudder is an ex-cop,ex-alcoholic,private detective-now licensed but he's still happier doing favours for friends for a flar fee than anything requiring much more in the way of paperwork.Married to Elaine,a retired call girl and enjoying connubial bliss opposite his old hotel room(now the office)he is intrigued by the problems New Yorks latest serial killer is giving his ex-colleagues.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Export Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 16 Sep 1996
ISBN 10: 0752804383
ISBN 13: 9780752804385
Book Overview: * Gritty detective fiction set in the Big apple - will appeal to the fans of James Ellroy and Elmore Leonard * Lawrence Blocks Matt Scudder Mysteries have been nominated international crime writing awards and received the Edgar Award for best novel * Lawrence Block's Scudder novels will form part of the September American Crime Promotion * 'Lawrence Block is a matter... The Matthew Scuder novels are among the finest detective books penned in this century' Jonathan Kellerman