The first novel in the explosive Matthew Scudder Series. The tenth novel in the series - A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES - is set to be a major Hollywood film, starring Liam Neeson. 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. As far as the NYPD is concerned, the case is closed. But ex-cop Matt Scudder, is persuaded to look into the case by the dead girl's father. And 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...
About the Author
Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed andhighly decorated living mystery writers, havingreceived multiple "Edgar," "Shamus" and "Maltese FalconAwards," as well as lifetime achievement awards inthe US, UK, and France.
He was named a "GrandMaster" by the Mystery Writers of America, theorganization s highest honor.In the 1960s and 70s he wrote seven novels underthe pen name "Jill Emerson," a pseudonym he isreviving for the first time in nearly 40 years for "Getting Off.""
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