The Sins Of The Fathers: A Matt Scudder Mystery

The Sins Of The Fathers: A Matt Scudder Mystery

by Lawrence Block (Author)

Synopsis

A pretty young girl is butchered in her Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, is found dead in his jail cell and as far as the NYPD is concerned the case is closed. Matt Scudder, an ex-cop who now does "favours for friends', is persuaded to lookinto the case by the dead girl's father. Suddenly he's up to his neck in sleaze and corruption, phoney religious cults and murderous lust. In New York's underbelly the children have no choice but to pay the price for their parent's most unspeakable sins.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 Jan 1997

ISBN 10: 1857994132
ISBN 13: 9781857994131
Book Overview: THE SINS OF THE FATHERS is the first Matthew Scudder novel First rate crime fiction from a master of the thriller genre Lawrence Block's crime novels have won him many awards - he will be visiting theUK in 1995 to promote his writing at Bouchercon The Matthew Scudder novels are amongst the finest detective books penned in this century Jonathan Kellerman Bull-eye's dialogue and laser-image description ... any search for false notes will prove futile; both Block and Scudder's eye for detail is as sharp as ever, and characters almost real enough to touch abound New York Times Book Review

Author Bio
Lawrence Block was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2004. He is also a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He is the author of many novels and short stories and has won numerous awards for his mystery writing. He lives and works in New York City.