A Stab in The Dark (Matt Scudder Mystery)

A Stab in The Dark (Matt Scudder Mystery)

by Lawrence Block (Author)

Synopsis

Nine long years have passed since the killer last struck. Nine years since eighthelpless young women were hideously slaughteredby an ice-pick wielding maniac. Now hard-drinking ex-cop and unlicensed investigator Matt Scudder has been hiredto bring the murderer to justice at last. Relentlessly Scudder follows an aging trail of blood towards a psychopath either long gone, long dead or very patiently awaiting the chance to kill again.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New
Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 May 1997

ISBN 10: 1857997263
ISBN 13: 9781857997262
Book Overview: * First UK mass market paperback publication - with striking new cover design * First rate fiction from a Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster - his novels have won fourteen awards for crime fiction * The Matthew Scudder noverls are among the finest detective books penned in this century' Jonathan Kellerman * Blocks Matthew Scudder books are as enjoyable readable as any in the genre' Los Angeles Times * Scudder...continues to be one of the most interesting private investigators on the fiction scene' The Wall Street Journal

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.