Hope to Die

Name: Hope to Die
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lawrence Block
ISBN: 9780060783198

Author: Lawrence Block

Series: Matthew Scudder Series #15

Narrator: Lawrence Block

Abridged: 5 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/03/2004

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Private Investigators, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Twenty-five years ago Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block introduced his acclaimed unlicensed private investigator to the New York crime scene. Today Matt Scudder remains one of the most complex, richly human protagonists in noir fiction as he pursues a faceless adversary with a unique talent and taste for murder.When Byrne and Susan Hollander are killed in a brutal home invasion, the whole city catches its collective breath. A few days later the killers turn up dead behind a locked door in Brooklyn. One has killed his partner, then himself. The city sighs with relief. The cops close the case.Matt and Elaine Scudder were in the same room with the Hollanders hours before their deaths. In spite of himself, Scudder is drawn to the Hollander case. The closer he looks, the more he senses the presence of a third man, a puppet master who manipulated his two accomplices, then cut their strings when he was done with them.The villain who looms in the shadows is one of Block’s most inspired creations, cold and diabolical, murdering for pleasure and profit. Nobody but Scudder even suspects he exists—and he’s not done killing.He’s just getting started. . . .

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by merri on 2007-06-14 00:11:15

this is a matthew scudder mystery, and my first i think. though its way advanced into the series. i love stories about psychopath killers. great mystery, likeable characters, all around great.

Goodreads review by James on March 06, 2017

I've noted several times on this site that Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series is my favorite of all crime fiction series. If I were cast away on the proverbial desert island and could take only one series with me, I wouldn't hesitate a second before grabbing these books off the shelf. That said,......more

Goodreads review by Bill on June 06, 2019

This is a professional and enjoyable entry in a superb series. Detective Scudder may be getting old (sixty-two years old in this adventure), but the series hardly show its age. And yet...there's a new darkness here--a forced, sensationalist darkness. And I doubt it bodes well for the future. The plot......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on September 05, 2012

At this point Matt Scudder is 62 years old, happily married and semi-retired. But don’t think that he’s content with just hitting the early bird special at the nearest buffet or spending his time arguing with empty chairs. The murder of a wealthy couple shocks New York, and the case catches Matt’s i......more

Goodreads review by Dave on July 18, 2021

This 15th novel in Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder mystery series finds the formerly alcoholic detective sober, happy, bored and kinda boring. From Hell’s Kitchen to Lincoln Center. I just so happened to read and finish it almost simultaneously with one I had skipped, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes, #......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on February 02, 2015

When a married couple is found brutally murdered in their own home, the two scum bags thought responsible are found dead in their own apartment of an apparent murder suicide. While the NYPD feels confident in closing the case, the niece of the deceased does not. She mentions this in passing to TJ wh......more