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Lawrence Block
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The city caught its collective breath when upscale couple Byrne and Susan Hollander were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Now, a few days later, the killers themselves have turned up dead behind the locked door of a Brooklyn hellhole - one apparently slain by his partner in crime, who then took his own life.
There's something drawing Matthew Scudder to this case that the cops have quickly and eagerly closed: a nagging suspicion that a third man is involved, a cold, diabolical puppet master who manipulates his two accomplices then cuts their strings when he's done with them. No one but Scudder even suspects he exists. And his worst fear is that the guy is just getting started....
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Just two years ago, the media turned Detective John Spader into a hero. He'd caught a twisted serial killer terrorizing Massachusetts, and the "Jack of Spades," as the media dubbed Spader, was born. But when the murderer walked free on a technicality - free to kill again - the public turned on Spader. Now a new serial killer is on the loose. He wears the silly, gap-toothed, grinning mask of Galaxo, Starboy Avenger! - a cartoon alien of unparalleled popularity with children.
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Excellent modern detective novel!
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Lay Your Sleeping Head
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A completely revised edition of the first Henry Rios mystery, The Little Death, Lay Your Sleeping Head introduces Michael Nava’s singular protagonist, gay Latino criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios. Rios, beset by personal and professional problems, begins a passionate affair with the black sheep heir to a great California fortune who tells Rios an improbable tale of murder and sexual predation in his wealthy family. When the young man is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Rios begins an investigation that ultimately reveals much more than murder.
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Loved It
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How does a woman protect herself from an enemy she can’t see? Law school graduate Whitney Garrison is a survivor. She admirably deals with her mother’s death, mounting student debt, dwindling job opportunities, an abusive boyfriend, and a rare neurological condition that prevents her from recognizing human faces. But witnessing a murder might be the crisis she can’t overcome.
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Ugh
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When Ginger Mitchell finds out her mother committed suicide, she drives her cherry-red SUV straight home to Portland. Murders are being passed off as suicides. College-aged women keep going missing. And then there's the troubling spate of mobsters who keep inviting her out to eat. Includes the first six novellas in the Roseland series, Home Is Where the Start Is, The Ruth Is Out There, The Body in the Pool, Amber Alert, Jane Dead, and Welcome to Roseland.
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Holy Shit! Ugland you go boy!
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Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
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Private eye Eddie Valiant doesn't like Toons - those cartoon characters who live side-by-side with humans. But Eddie will work for a Toon if his cash supply is low enough. So he reluctantly agrees when Roger Rabbit, a Toon who plays straight man (or should that be straight rabbit) in the Baby Herman cartoon series, asks him to find out who's been trying - unsuccessfully - to buy his contract from the DeGreasy Brothers syndicate. Then Rocco DeGreasy is murdered - and Roger is the prime suspect!
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NOT A NOVELIZATION OF THE MOVIE!!
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It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers.
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The narrators are outstanding here.
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When the cousin of Los Angeles underworld figure Hugo Poole is found shot to death in his Portland, Oregon, home, police find nothing at the scene of the crime except several long strands of blonde hair hinting that a second victim may have been involved. Hotel security tapes from the victim's last vacation reveal an out-of-focus picture of a young blond woman entering and leaving his room. Could she also be a murder victim?
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Just what you want in a book like this...
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New York Dead
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Everyone is always telling Stone Barrington that he’s too smart to be a cop, but it’s pure luck that places him on the streets in the dead of night, just in time to witness the horrifying incident that turns his life inside out. Suddenly he is on the front page of every New York newspaper and his life is hopelessly entwined in the increasingly shocking life (and perhaps death) of Sasha Nijinsky, the country’s hottest and most beautiful television anchorwoman.
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Ridiculous
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- antoine
- 07-05-16
Block's prose is as smooth as aged whiskey...
Few thrillers have main character that is as developed, engaging and credible as Matt Scudder. He is a man of few, but definite principles that pursues the truth without compromise and with a distinguished humanity. The characters that surround him, the dialogues and the New York atmosphere make the story so captivating that is difficult to put the book down. As the Publishers weekly says : "Block s] prose is as smooth as aged whiskey...and the story flows across its pages.".
A truly fine book
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- S. Weldy
- 09-15-21
Matt Scudder = always a good read!
What can I say? Another great story by Lawrence block! The only negative is that Lawrence Block did not narrate it. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again, I love it when he narrates the books himself because his voice feels right for Matthew Scutter and I feel like he's sitting right next to me telling me a story.
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- Stephen
- 06-26-20
good narration for a change
I like the Matt Scudder series a lot and this one has a better ending than most despite the... Well I won't put a spoiler in. much better than usual narration which is pretty bad throughout the series. at least the author and Mark Hammer are hard to listen to. it looks like the author Lawrence block is going to read another one soon. he has done it before and he's terrible despite being a very good writer. I'll have to decide whether or not to buy that one.
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- Ryan Oswald
- 02-10-22
Feel Free to skip this one
LB + Guidall should be good, but the sum somehow is less than its parts.
Block is my favorite author, and the Scudder series some of his best work, but this one is just... bad. There are no real surprises about Scudder and how he operates, the problem comes from the (very odd) decision to write some of the book from the killer's point of view. It's clunky and just does not work.
Guidall is a great narrator, but not for this series. The issue isn't his narration, exactly, it's that the rest of the series has been done by 2 other narrators and its hard to feel the same when someone else is doing it. It's especially apparent when he reads in TJ's or Mick's voice... they feel like impostors rather than the characters we love.
I guess if you were just listening to this as a 1-shot, the shortfalls wouldn't be so noticeable. But if you are working your way through the Scudder series, this book sticks out like a square peg in a round hole
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- J. Lee
- 03-28-18
Stick to what you're good at.
I have read most of the Scudder series, and have enjoyed them all, until now. The noir style typical of Scudder as narrator has become familiar and comfortable, like hearing stories from a favorite uncle. This departure to the 3rd person feels like a betrayal. It is much more enjoyable seeing Scudder figure things out for himself. Also, leaving the tale unfinished was unnecessary and feels like a cheap ploy to sell more books. This may be the last I hear from Matt Scudder.
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