A Candle for the Bag Lady, Lawrence Block
A Candle for the Bag Lady, Lawrence Block
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A Candle for the Bag Lady
A Matthew Scudder Story

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Lawrence Block

Unabridged: 1 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2012

Synopsis

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?

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is the recipient of a Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and a New York Times bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series and dozens of short stories and articles. He has won multiple Edgar, and Shamus awards, two Falcon Awards from the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan, the Nero and Philip Marlowe Awards, the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of America, and many others. Aside from being a mystery writer, he has also written a number of episodes for television, including two episodes of the ESPN series Tilt; he also cowrote the screenplay for the film My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones. Block currently lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.

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“Block relishes backing us into the darkest, most frightening corners of the mind [and] makes it all but impossible to bail out until the terrible, twisted end.” People, praise for the series

“One of the very best writers now working the beat…Block has done something new and remarkable with the private eye novel.” Wall Street Journal, praise for the series

“When Lawrence Block is in his Matt Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there’s no degree of difference.” Philadelphia Inquirer, praise for the series

“Lawrence Block’s novels are as good as the crime thriller gets.” San Diego Union-Tribune, praise for the author

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