Matt Scudder
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  • 1
    The Sins of the Fathers | Lawrence Block
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    The Sins of the Fathers

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    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By Alan Sklar
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    The hooker was young, pretty...and dead, butchered in a Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, was also dead, the victim of a jailhouse suicide. The case is closed, as far as the NYPD is concerned. Now the murdered prostitute's father wants it opened again--that's where Matthew Scudder comes in.

    Scudder's low point

    I like Block's Scudder series a lot. This is one of two exceptions. You might want to avoid this book, unless you have a hankering for dime-store Fr..Show More »

    Reviewed on Nov 16 2011 by David (Pittsburgh, PA, United States)
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    In the Midst of Death | Lawrence Block
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    In the Midst of Death

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By Alan Sklar
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    Jerry Broadfield thinks he's a good cop. But now he's been charged with extortion - and his former buddies in the NYPD would like to see him laid out on a morgue slab for squealing to a committee on police corruption. Suddenly, he's got a lot of enemies, and when a dead call girl turns up in his apartment, his troubles get even bigger. Broadfield screams "setup," but nobody believes him - except ex-policeman, now unlicensed PI Matthew Scudder. Because Broadfield turned traitor no cop is going to give Scudder any help with this investigation, so Scudder's on his own.

    Another calm cool and collected detective...

    Firstly, to be clear, I love Lawrence Block's writing style - he is crisp, to the point, sometimes a bit shocking (more so in later books), and non-mo..Show More »

    Reviewed on Dec 22 2011 by crazybatcow (East Coast, Canada)
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    Time to Murder and Create | Lawrence Block
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    Time to Murder and Create

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 4 mins)
    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By Alan Sklar
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    Small-time stoolie Jake "The Spinner" Jablon made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients," he figured, the more money - and the more people eager to see him dead. So he's greedy but scared, and he turns to his old acquaintance Matthew Scudder, who used to pay him for information back in Scudder's days as a cop. Scudder's his insurance policy - if anything happens to "The Spinner," Scudder can check up on the people who wanted him dead. No one is too surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River....

    Enjoying this series
    Reviewed on Jan 14 2013 by Amy F. Makson (columbia, sc)
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    A Stab in the Dark | Lawrence Block
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    A Stab in the Dark

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    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By William Roberts
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    Nine long years have passed since the killer last struck - nine years since eight helpless young women were brutally slaughtered by an icepick-wielding maniac. The trail grew cold and the book was unofficially closed on a serial killer who stopped killing. But now "The Icepick Prowler" has confessed - but only to seven of the killings. Not only does he deny the eighth, he has an airtight alibi. Barbara Ettinger's family had almost come to accept that the young woman was the victim of a random killing.

    Another good Scudder story
    Reviewed on Feb 25 2013 by Amy F. Makson (columbia, sc)
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    Eight Million Ways to Die | Lawrence Block
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    Eight Million Ways to Die

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 6 mins)
    • By Lawrence Block
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    Battling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder - just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die.

    Matt Scudder is the best !
    Reviewed on May 26 2012 by antonio (genthod, Switzerland)
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    When the Sacred Ginmill Closes: A Matt Scudder Mystery | Lawrence Block
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    When the Sacred Ginmill Closes: A Matt Scudder Mystery

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 6 mins)
    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By Mark Hammer
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    When ex-cop Matt Scudder thought back on the summer of '75, two faces emerged from behind the smoky haze of a half dozen boozy saloons that made up his beat - Skip Devoe and Tommy Tillary - two bar flies he wouldn't have given a second thought to in the bright light of day. Yet they and their troubles were the reason that moved him a little farther out of the bleary-eyed mess that had become his life.

    Great narration, great prose

    Block paints a detailed portrait of New York's boozy underbelly while weaving in mystery, dirty deeds and self-doubt. The characters ring true--hopele..Show More »

    Reviewed on Apr 25 2010 by mindusq (san francisco)
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    A Walk Among the Tombstones: A Matt Scudder Mystery | Lawrence Block
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    A Walk Among the Tombstones: A Matt Scudder Mystery

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 37 mins)
    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By Mark Hammer
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    Private detective Matt Scudder investigates a series of kidnappings that always end in brutal murder. Best-selling author Lawrence Block takes us into the seedier back alleys and side-streets of New York City, rendering his subject with a gritty realism.

    Sorry!

    The book might have been OK but the narration of it drove me nuts. Soooo slow.........

    Reviewed on Aug 18 2010 by Liz (Cochranville, PA, United States)
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    Even the Wicked | Lawrence Block
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    Even the Wicked

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    • By Lawrence Block
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    A demented serial killer, who calls himself "The Will of the People", has gained a wide audience by sending warning letters to the New York Daily News. When "Will" names a prominent criminal defense attorney as his next victim, P.I. Matt Scudder suddenly finds himself protecting an old associate. Matching his wits against the wily murderer, Matt must race to uncover "Will's" identity before he loses his lawyer friend.

    Excellent

    Another excellent book by L Block..The plot is intriguing and the characters captivating . With Matt Scudder's stories, Lawrence Block follows the tra..Show More »

    Reviewed on May 01 2011 by antonio (genthod, Switzerland)
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    Everybody Dies | Lawrence Block
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    Everybody Dies

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    • By Lawrence Block
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    In Everybody Dies, Matt is finally leading a comfortable, almost respectable life - until he helps an unlikely friend uncover a nameless enemy. The Big Apple seems to be mellowing now that the crime rate is down and gentrification is sweeping the old neighborhoods. But when a hoodlum buddy from the past asks Matt to investigate the murders of two employees, the spruced-up sidewalks seem as mean as ever.

    Excellent

    I had a hard time taking pauses in listening to this book. Good story and excellent narration.

    Reviewed on Sep 30 2007 by Rich Griffin ()
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    A Drop of the Hard Stuff | Lawrence Block
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    A Drop of the Hard Stuff

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    • By Lawrence Block
    • Narrated By Tom Stechschulte
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    Edgar Award-winning author Lawrence Block has been named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. A Drop of the Hard Stuff continues Block’s popular series starring New York private detective and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder. Scudder is already struggling with his sobriety when his friend and fellow AA member Jack Ellery is found murdered. Now the only thing keeping Scudder from the bottle is his obsession with finding the culprit.

    more great Lawrence Block

    Have read most all of Lawrence Block's books. In "Seven Million Ways to Die" he wrote the best description I have ever read of an alcoholic event (I ..Show More »

    Reviewed on Jan 16 2012 by Louella (Carpinteria, CA, United States)
  • A Candle for the Bag Lady: A Matthew Scudder Story, Book 2 | Lawrence Block
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    A Candle for the Bag Lady: A Matthew Scudder Story, Book 2

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    • By Lawrence Block
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    Matthew Scudder investigates the brutal murder of a woman known as the “bag lady.” A seemingly homeless woman, she turns out to have distributed her substantial wealth in a complex will naming random strangers. Where did the money come from? Why was she living in such reduced circumstances? And why in the world did she choose these beneficiaries - the owner of a local newspaper stand, a neighbor she rarely spoke to, the detective himself - when her real friends and acquaintances got nothing at all? And how is all this linked to her murder?

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