A Walk Among the Tombstones, Lawrence Block
A Walk Among the Tombstones, Lawrence Block
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A Walk Among the Tombstones

Author: Lawrence Block

Narrator: Mark Hammer

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/03/2008


Synopsis

Perhaps more than any other author in the field, Lawrence Block has reinvented contemporary noir fiction—instilling the classic private eye novel with new life and literary depth, while retaining its raw power, grit, suspense, and surprise. For
his efforts he has received multiple Edgar, Shamus, and Maltese Falcon Awards—winning virtually every honor the genre has to bestow—and has been named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. PI Matthew Scudder remains
among Block’s most memorable and exquisitely developed creations—a flawed and complex protagonist whose stark, unassailable humanity is both his greatest weakness and strength.

A new breed of entrepreneurial monster has set up shop in the big city. Ruthless, ingenious murderers, they prey on the loved ones of those who live outside the law—knowing full well that criminals will never run to the police no matter how
brutal the threat. So other avenues for justice must be explored—which is where ex-cop-turned-PI Matthew Scudder comes in. Scudder has no love for the drug dealers and poison peddlers who now need his help. Nevertheless, he is
determined to do whatever it takes to put an elusive pair of thrill-kill extortionists out of business. For they are using the innocent to fuel their terrible enterprise.

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is an award-winning, internationally renowned bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series as well as dozens of short stories, articles, and books on writing. Block lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper on June 30, 2020

Right after finishing this book, I was at the grocery store with the wife. I was daydreaming while she got some meat from the butcher’s counter. She dropped a couple of wrapped packages of steaks and hamburger in the cart. I ran screaming out of the store. So thanks for that, Lawrence Block. Kenan Kh......more

Goodreads review by Bill on November 22, 2019

As detective Scudder gets older, the books he stars in get longer, each entry filled with more Scudder reflections, more peripheral characters, more comic relief, and—page for page—less mystery. Yet this is the strange part : Scudder is still stoic, New York City and its denizens are still vivid and......more

Goodreads review by Miriam on November 11, 2018

I'd already watched the movie "A Walk Among the Tombstones" not knowing it was based on the book of the same title by well known American author Lawrence Block. I was therefore very keen to buy the book and read for comparison. Already having Liam Neeson in my head as the main character, ex detectiv......more

Goodreads review by brian on September 03, 2022

finished all 16 matt scudder books (+1 short story collection). that's like 5,000 pages. and now i'm kinda depressed. well, a few thoughts before i drown myself in ice cream sandwich and crap TV: ignore all the 3 and 4 star ratings with the knowledge that the series is a solid fiver. like simenon's......more

Goodreads review by Dave on June 10, 2021

A Walk Among the Tombstones is Lawrence Block's tenth Matthew Scudder book, first published in 1992. It’s twice as long as a few in the series I loved—it drags in the middle, it follows a pattern he sets in the last two books of crimes against women I think are too grisly/sensational for me, but muc......more