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Lucky at Cards (Hard Case Crime)
Amazon.com — All aces You know you're in the classic noir time zone when our protagonist is disgusted by the taste of nicotine on the fingers of the dentist working on his teeth. Bill, a professional card sharp, has lammed out of Chicago with a mouth full of ...More…
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A Long Line of Dead Men (Matt Scudder Mystery)
Amazon.com — A hard-boiled puzzle Multi-award winner Block combines the mystery puzzle format with the gritty style of the American private eye iin this 1994 Matthew Scudder novel. Scudder himself is a somewhat unsettling character - a forthright, thoughtful ...More…
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (A Matt Scudder mystery)
Amazon.com — Good story, boring book. This is the first, and only, book I've read by Lawrence Block. I picked it up for a N.Y.-to-L.A. flight. After the reviews here and on the book, I thought it would at the very least be a harmless read that zipped along, but I ...More…
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The Burglar in the Library (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review Bernie, if you recall, is that likeable young New Yorker who has tempered his passion for stealing classy works of art with the more staid vocation of selling books. But his passion always reigns. In this eighth Bernie Rhodenbarr caper, ...More…
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The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
Amazon.com — First Burglar Book and probably my last Knowing the writer's very good reputation and popularity as a mystery writer was probably a disadvantage in reading this book. This book was a dissapointment. I soon tired of the device of weaving the Bogart ...More…
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The Burglar in the Closet (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Meet Bernie Rhodenbarr This was the one that started it all - this series is outstanding. Lawrence Block must have needed an outlet for his vast knowledge of the whole detective fiction genre. He has used this character, a New York burglar, as the means ...More…
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Sometimes They Bite
Amazon.com — Very good short story collection For my money, Stephen King is the best short story writer of the last thirty years. I've never read a short story anthology by any other author to match his "Night Shift," or "Skelton Crew" ...More…
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Manhattan Noir
Amazon.com — Manhattan Violence - Geographical Mayhem - Thankfully, More Fictional Than Not Fortunately, I did not read Manhattan Noir until shortly after returning from my first visit to Manhattan, a five day stay in a brownstone on Broadway in Harlem not too far ...More…
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Hit Parade CD (John Keller Mysteries)
Amazon.com — Lawrence Block-king of the killer books Contract killer John Keller has been at it for a long time, methodically rubbing out his victims while attempting to fill in the holes in his vintage stamp collection. Keller is thinking about retirement but he has ...More…
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The Devil Knows You're Dead (Matthew Scudder Mysteries ...
Amazon.com — The Devil Knows that this is a Great Scudder Novel As if Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series wasn't already the quirkiest private detective series around, "The Devil Knows You're Dead," is Scudder's most unconventional story ...More…
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The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian
Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review If the only side of Lawrence Block you know is the dark and gloomy Matt Scudder books, such as the noir classic When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, then you might be surprised to hear that he's also one of the most delightfully droll ...More…