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L'Ottavo Passo (2011)

A seasoned veteran of the world’s favourite private detective series will look at the title of this book and think that Mr Block has outdone himself. A quintessential Scudderism, the very name of the tome encapsulates everything the series has stood for, and everything the books have talked abou...

L'Ottavo Passo (2011) by Lawrence Block
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Killing Castro (1961)

After recently watching A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (my favorite movie so far this year), I've been itching to read a Lawrence Block novel. I chose KILLING CASTRO because I've also been on a Hard Case Crime kick lately, and it's the kind of book you have to either get your hands on quickly or ri...

Killing Castro (1961) by Lawrence Block
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Eight Million Ways to Die (2002)

A book about the mystery of a dead hooker becomes a book about Matt Scudder taking one day at a time, trying to save himself from alcohol. The prose was dry and matter-of-fact; the words of a police report detailing his movements and contacts. And yet the way they were arranged, their anti-drama ...

Eight Million Ways to Die (2002) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar in the Closet (2006)

This book inspired one of the greatest head-scratchers in the history of film adaptations when Hollywood decided that Burglar would feature Whoopi Goldberg playing a white male and Bobcat Goldthwait would be perfect as a lesbian dog groomer.I got to meet Lawrence Block while he was on a book tour...

The Burglar in the Closet (2006) by Lawrence Block
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Burglars Can't Be Choosers (2004)

Readers wanting to follow the exploits of a bad-boy lead character usually have to choose between hit men, fixers, or other hard cases who generally seek to solve problems through the application of force. Back in the late 1970s, however, Lawrence Block introduced a less-bad bad boy: gentleman bu...

Burglars Can't Be Choosers (2004) by Lawrence Block
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The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (2007)

It’s an odd book, this. Set in the 1960’s, this madcap caper has a man called Evan Tanner chasing around Europe looking for gold that has been hidden away in Turkey for some 40 years. As a result of an injury he sustained in the Korean War, Evan doesn’t sleep – ever. This gives him a number of ad...

The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (2007) by Lawrence Block
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After the First Death (2002)

Alex Penn has had better starts to the day. After waking up following a night of heavy drinking he can, at first, barely face the day. Once he’s persuaded his eyes to open it gets worse – his clothes are covered in blood and what’s that on the floor? It’s a naked and very dead woman. To rub salt ...

After the First Death (2002) by Lawrence Block
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The Crazy Years (2004)

A collection of witty, irreverent essays on subjects running the gamut from the space program to airport bans on smoking are included in this anthology. Written by Spider Robinson, 'The Crazy Years' takes its name from Robert A Heinlein's designation of the last years of the 20th century and cont...

The Crazy Years (2004) by Lawrence Block
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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2001)

In THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES OF THE CENTURY, best-selling author Tony Hillerman and mystery expert Otto Penzler present an unparalleled treasury of American suspense fiction that every fan will cherish. Offering the finest examples from all reaches of the genre, this collection charts the...

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2001) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (2006)

Bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr's in love—with an exotic Eastern European beauty who shares his obsession with Humphrey Bogart movies. He's in heaven, munching popcorn with his new amour every night at a Bogart Film Festival—until their Casablanca-esque idyll is cut short by his other secret passion...

The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (2006) by Lawrence Block
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The Girl with the Long Green Heart (Hard Case Crime #14) (2005)

It does not take long for the fan of American crime fiction (and of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL in general) to find themselves compelled and intrigued by this by now classic release, first published in 1956. A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, back before technology once more...

The Girl with the Long Green Heart (Hard Case Crime #14) (2005) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian (2005)

This particular story was a little hard to follow, but funny and informative as usual. And talking about "as usual", just about every Bernie Rhodenbarr book I've read so far can be summed up in a few sentences...Bernie: *burgles some unlucky bastard*Some unlucky bastard: *turns up dead*Ray: Darn ...

The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian (2005) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (2005)

Τρίτο βιβλίο της σειράς με ήρωα τον συμπαθητικό διαρρήκτη Μπέρνι Ρόντενμπαρ και τρίτο που διαβάζω. Μου φάνηκε ελάχιστα κατώτερο σε σχέση με τα δυο πρώτα βιβλία της σειράς, αλλά και πάλι μου άρεσε πολύ. Ο Μπέρνι έχει αγοράσει ένα παλαιοβιβλιοπωλείο σε ένα κεντρικό σημείο της Νέας Υόρκης και πουλάε...

The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling (2005) by Lawrence Block
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The Sins of the Fathers (2015)

This was a paperback mystery when it was first published in 1976. The edition that I am reading is from 1992, is the first hardcover edition, and has an Introduction by Stephen King. In 1991 King published Needful Things. According the Wikipedia, “It is the first novel King wrote after his rehab...

The Sins of the Fathers (2015) by Lawrence Block
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Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print (2002)

For years, readers have turned to Lawrence Block's novels for mesmerizing entertainment. And for years, writers have turns to Block's "Writing the Novel" for candid, conversational, practical advice on how to put a publishable novel on paper.

Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print (2002) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (2005)

After reading a later book in the series ("The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart"), I decided to read an earlier one. In this case, the low-hanging fruit proved to be one that also set up certain key facts in the life and "career" of the protagonist.Like the previous sample, I found it to be a f...

The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (2005) by Lawrence Block
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When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (2015)

A few years ago it became somewhat fashionable for like a month or two to talk about how Stephen King deserved to win literary awards. Because I'm lazy I'm not going to look it up, but I think he was even given some kind of lifetime achievement award from the folks who provide us with the Nation...

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes (2015) by Lawrence Block
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The Topless Tulip Caper (1998)

With the fourth, and final, Chip Harrison novel, The Topless Tulip Caper (1975) Lawrence Block pulls off a very entertaining Nero Wolfe pastiche. Chip Harrison makes a very satisfactory Archie Goodwin and Block provides a satisfactory Nero Wolfe in Leo Haig.In an interview with Ethan Iverson on D...

The Topless Tulip Caper (1998) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar in the Rye (2001)

The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries, as readers of my reviews should know by now, is my my go-to series when I'm not in the mood to be disappointed. Sometimes it's right after I've read something truly awful -which, thank goodness, doesn't happen often. Other times, it's exactly the opposite; I've ju...

The Burglar in the Rye (2001) by Lawrence Block
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Chip Harrison Scores Again (1997)

When young, broke, and single Chip Harrison finds a bus ticket to Bordentown, South Carolina, he knows it was sent by the hand of fate. It’s his way out of wintry New York City, and a way into the warm welcome of Bordentown’s sheriff! But before long, Chip charms his way into the sheriff’s good g...

Chip Harrison Scores Again (1997) by Lawrence Block
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Coward's Kiss (2003)

Another Lawrence Block winner (are there any losers?) Called to get rid of a body by his friend Jack Enright (who happens to be married to his sister,) P.I. Ed London retrieves the body from Jack’s love-nest and dumps it in the park. Soon he begins a search for a briefcase loaded ostensibly with...

Coward's Kiss (2003) by Lawrence Block
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Specialists (1996)

I couldn't help liking this book. It's fast-paced, with wildly implausible action scenes and tongue-in-cheek humor. (I particularly liked the part where one of the commandos would tape a knife to his leg and then sneak up behind someone, remove the knife quiety, and kill him. Really? How does...

Specialists (1996) by Lawrence Block
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In the Midst of Death (2002)

Hookers...blackmail...murder...police corruption...S&M fetishes...politics...and lots...and lots...and LOTS of Welcome to another scintillating episode in the 80-proof life of New York's favorite unlicensed private detective.Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series is about as close to a sure thi...

In the Midst of Death (2002) by Lawrence Block
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All the Flowers Are Dying (2006)

This, the sixteenth Matthew Scudder novel, opens as a psychologist comes to a Virginia prison to visit a man condemned to death for the brutal murders of three young boys. Although the evidence against him was overwhelming, the prisoner continues to protest his innocence. The psychologist claims ...

All the Flowers Are Dying (2006) by Lawrence Block
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Deadly Honeymoon (2003)

In essence, this is a simple, relentless revenge tale. Dave and Jill are young newlyweds on their honeymoon, bright-eyed and eager for the future, until they witness a murder and become victims themselves—the bad guys beat Dave senseless, and, almost on a whim, brutally rape Jill. Thankfully, Blo...

Deadly Honeymoon (2003) by Lawrence Block
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Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers (2009)

Basketball is my all time favorite sport and when i found out that there was a murder anthology dedicated to the game featuring the editing talents of Otto Penzler, i knew i had to get it. Fortunately my girlfriend bought me a copy and i enjoyed it, for the most part. not sure how to tackle revie...

Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers (2009) by Lawrence Block
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Lucky at Cards (Hard Case Crime #28) (2007)

AT CARDS AND WITH WOMEN, BILL MAYNARD KNEW HOW TO CHEAT On the mend after getting run out of Chicago, professional cardsharp Bill Maynard is hungry for some action – but not nearly as hungry as Joyce Rogers, the tantalizing wife of Bill’s latest mark.   Together they hatch an ingenious scheme to ...

Lucky at Cards (Hard Case Crime #28) (2007) by Lawrence Block
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The Devil Knows You're Dead (1999)

A large part of the appeal of Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder series has always (or at least from about the third novel onwards) been to follow the fate of its protagonist, his trying to survive without a regular job, his trying to come to terms with his past as a police officer, and chiefly his...

The Devil Knows You're Dead (1999) by Lawrence Block
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A Ticket to the Boneyard (2000)

Lawrence Block knows what he's doing and he does it well. This is a worthy addition to the Matthew Scudder series. Scudder is a recovering alcoholic, ex-cop who lives in a low-rent residential hotel and earns his living as an unlicensed private investigator. A Ticket to the Boneyard is the 8th L...

A Ticket to the Boneyard (2000) by Lawrence Block
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Even the Wicked (2000)

I've said several times here now that I believe Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series to be the best PI series ever written. Some of the books individually stand with any of the classics produced by people like Raymond Chandler et al., but Block has produced far more books in this series (sixte...

Even the Wicked (2000) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1998)

This is something like the fourth in the series featuring bookstore owner and lock-picking burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr (I'm not sure how many there are in total, but I know it's at least 10). I do know every one I've read so far has been quite entertaining.Honestly, the plots are pretty much same o...

The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza (1998) by Lawrence Block
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Everybody Dies (1999)

When, in my post on the previous entry in Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder series, I wrote that it marked a return to form, I was expecting the remaining novels to be solid and mostly unadventurous, with the series settling into a comfortable groove that it would run along in until it eventually ...

Everybody Dies (1999) by Lawrence Block
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A Stab in the Dark (2002)

Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended "Icepick Prowler," freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed Barbara Ettinger Matthew Scudder believes him. But the trail to Ettinger's true murderer is twisted, dark and dangerous...and even ...

A Stab in the Dark (2002) by Lawrence Block
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Time to Murder and Create (1999)

Matthew Scudder, assisted by larger and larger doses of bourbon & coffee, investigates the brutal murder of a blackmailer known as the Spinner. The prime suspects are the Spinner’s three cash cows, including: 1. A former hooker/porn star turned high society wife; 2. A wealthy father of a reckless...

Time to Murder and Create (1999) by Lawrence Block
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Black Orchids (1992)

This one's actually a twofer. In the first novella ('Black Orchids'), an obnoxious young gardener is murdered at a flower show, where Nero Wolfe just happens to be on hand, having made one of his once-in-a-blue-moon excursions out of doors to ogle the world's only black orchids, which are on disp...

Black Orchids (1992) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar in the Library (2007)

Highly-enjoyable (and funny!) read – though perhaps my enjoyment in it stemmed more from the dialogues/ banter between the characters and the way Bernie’s mind worked rather than from how the plot eventually unfurled.To get it out of the way: no, I really was not all that enthused with how the tr...

The Burglar in the Library (2007) by Lawrence Block
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The Burglar on the Prowl (2005)

A philosophical yet practical gentleman, Bernie Rhodenbarr possesses many admirable qualities: charm, intelligence, sparkling wit, and unwavering loyalty. Of course, he also has this special talent and a taste for life's finer things. So he's more than willing to perform some vengeful larceny for...

The Burglar on the Prowl (2005) by Lawrence Block
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Grifter's Game (2004)

ALERT: HARD CASE CRIME MAY CAUSE INTENSE, MULTIPLE BOOKGASMS!!HCC, you saucy, filthy, gorgeous little minx. I’m so glad I found you. After gobbling up book #1, I learned there are...steady...steady...65 MORE OF THESE...which made me...well... NOIRites, I gotta tell you, I fell hard, fast and "da...

Grifter's Game (2004) by Lawrence Block
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Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (2005)

On the heels of the stunning success of the Summer '04 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of New York's punchiest and most alluring borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 offers short stories by the classic authors who blazed the path for the succes...

Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (2005) by Lawrence Block
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The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume II (2001)

Mickey Spillane, while perhaps not as revered in literary circles as Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler, provides what could be the greatest raw detective-adventure stories. Spillane's Hammer is more raw and brutal than either Hammett's Spade or Chandler's Marlowe; I think he's also more satis...

The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume II (2001) by Lawrence Block
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Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man (2000)

One man’s letter-writing addiction will have some very funny consequences     Laurence Clarke is having a bad day. His boss realized that his editorial position was made redundant months ago, his wife’s discovered that she’s got more in common with his best friend Steve, and his ex-wife and her f...

Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man (2000) by Lawrence Block
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No Score (1996)

IT IS A MYSTERY why a wily, witty, world-wise young man-about-town like Chip Harrison has to resort to elaborate arguements and intricate maneuvers to get as beautiful a girl as Francine to go to bed with him.

No Score (1996) by Lawrence Block
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Tanner's Virgin (2007)

Lawrence Block has been named a Grand Master my the Mystery Writers of America. He's also won multiple Edgar Awards, Shamus Awards, and the most prestigious Diamond Dagger award. In short, he's good. He's long been near the top of my list of favorite authors and it's odd that, in the roughly ...

Tanner's Virgin (2007) by Lawrence Block
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Make Out With Murder (1997)

Lawrence Block's homage (of sorts) to Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe. It doesn't so much imitate as try to update (circa 1974) the basic story concept. It comes across as something of a low rent, almost seedy Nero Wolfe knock-off with a lot of sex going on. At times it seems more satire than homage whi...

Make Out With Murder (1997) by Lawrence Block
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Thirty (2010)

In reading Lawrence Block's crime fiction, I have to come to expect his proficiency in highlighting a character's desperation, his/her frailty. Turns out he's been doing that under pen names as well, as evidenced by this erotic novel originally published under the name Jill Emerson.With Janet, a ...

Thirty (2010) by Lawrence Block
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A Diet of Treacle (Hard Case Crime #39) (2007)

Drug deals lead to murder after a beautiful college student gets involved with a stoner and his sociopathic roommate in 1960s Greenwich Village, in this classic tale by Block, published for the first time in almost 50 years. Original.

A Diet of Treacle (Hard Case Crime #39) (2007) by Lawrence Block
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Campus Tramp (2010)

Now that Linda’s virginity was a thing of the past, it was no longer fitting and proper that she live the life of a virgin. She was a woman now, a whole and complete woman, and it was time for her to begin to live like a woman instead of like a girl. The following evening she told Ruthie. She wen...

Campus Tramp (2010) by Lawrence Block
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The Specialists

Both of them had ached ever since the phone call. It had come at eight o’clock. It was nine now, and they were all gathered in the library waiting for the colonel to speak, and all he could think was that his legs hurt. It was psychosomatic, and he knew it was psychosomatic, but somehow the knowl...

The Specialists by Lawrence Block
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

"I get mail from him, I suppose most of the free world gets mail from him, but I'll receive his newsletters forever because I sent him money once. 'I can save a boy for twenty-five dollars'- that was the headline of one of his fund-raisers. 'Here's fifty,' I wrote. 'Save two of them for me, won't...

A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block
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A Walk Among the Tombstones

My birthday's the end of May." "And what sort of work do you do, Pam?" "Receptionist. I'm out of work at the moment, that's why I said I could use the money. I guess anybody could always use a thousand dollars, but especially now, being out of work." "Where do you live?" "Twenty-seventh between T...

A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block
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Such Men Are Dangerous

There never were. The last time, around five-thirty, I had them get hold of Bourke for me. He wanted to know what I’d heard from my office. I told him they hadn’t given me a thing since I talked to O’Gara. “We’ve had confirmation,” he said. “We roll at six-thirty in the morning. All appeals denie...

Such Men Are Dangerous by Lawrence Block
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Out on the Cutting Edge

I guess we must have." I walked around for a few hours. Around one-thirty it started raining lightly. Almost immediately the umbrella sellers turned up on the streetcorners. You'd have thought they had existed previously in spore form, springing miraculously to life when a drop of water touched t...

Out on the Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block
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CH01 - No Score

Up until then the television weatherman had been saying it was unseasonably cool for mid-July, which meant it was reasonably comfortable. But that day it decided to get seasonable again.     I’m writing this on a cold damp rotten morning. My radiator is some slumlord’s idea of...

CH01 - No Score by Lawrence Block
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Lucky at Cards

The game was about half a mile from the drugstore he picked me up at and he chattered for the full distance, giving me a quick briefing on the game and the players. I didn’t figure to need it but I let the information soak in for future reference.There were two doctors, an insurance man, a CPA, M...

Lucky at Cards by Lawrence Block
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Writing the Novel

If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass. If it persists, you probably ought to write a novel. Interestingly, most embryonic fiction writers accept the notion that they ought to write a novel sooner or ...

Writing the Novel by Lawrence Block
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CH04 - The Topless Tulip Caper

I went into the lobby and found his name on the board while half the musicians and performers in America walked past me. I rode up to the seventh floor in an elevator I shared with two men carrying saxophones and one swarthy woman toting a caged parrot. I got off and found a door with a frosted g...

CH04 - The Topless Tulip Caper by Lawrence Block
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The Triumph of Evil

From Charleston he flew on Delta Airlines to New Orleans. The name on his ticket was not one he had used before. He used that name again to register at a medium-priced hotel in the Quarter. In his room he unpacked his suitcase and placed his clothes in the bureau and closet. He took the Sanitized...

The Triumph of Evil by Lawrence Block
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April North (2010)

She did not really have to study the words, since the congregation sang God Bless America each Sunday in an effort to prove that a theory holding Protestant churches to be a hotbed of communism was markedly untrue as far as Antrim, Ohio, was concerned. Still, by looking at the hymnal she could av...

April North (2010) by Lawrence Block
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Keller 05 - Hit Me

Walls paneled in knotty cedar, half a dozen rifles and shotguns in a glass-fronted cabinet, a pair of swords crossed on one wall, a matched pair of dueling pistols to their right. A picture window opened onto a rail-fenced paddock, where a pair of horses as well matched as the pistols stood enjoy...

Keller 05 - Hit Me by Lawrence Block
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Hope to Die

"Damn! We on the clock, Doc." "Well, it's barely ticking," I said. "I think the main reason I took her money was to keep her from giving it to somebody else." "You clever, though, way you work things out. Girl wants to hire us, thinks her cousin did this bad thing. You put her mind at rest, pat h...

Hope to Die by Lawrence Block
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A Drop of the Hard Stuff

By then I’d called every Dukes in the Manhattan book, and every Duke, too; there weren’t all that many of either, and it seemed reasonable that one of them might be related to Frankie Dukes, or at least know of him. But plural or singular, nobody could help me out. Then I got home from St. Paul’s...

A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block
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A Long Line of Dead Men

When he was satisfied with the results he put them on and turned his sad blue eyes on me. "You must know the caliber of men we get," he said. "Guard work pays just one or two dollars an hour over the minimum wage. It's a job that requires no experience and minimal training. Our best men are retir...

A Long Line of Dead Men by Lawrence Block
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Community of Women (2010)

Roz Barclay was home, alone. Linc had gone down to the tavern. She knew that he would not be there long, that he would not get particularly drunk. She knew, too, that she was home alone, that she was bored, that she was frustrated, and that she was about to go out of her mind. She took a deep bre...

Community of Women (2010) by Lawrence Block
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Ehrengraf for the Defense

Be a hero in the strife!” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   Gardner Bridgewater paced to and fro over Martin Ehrengraf’s office carpet, reminding the little lawyer rather less of a caged jungle cat than—what? He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, Ehrengraf thought, echoing Shakespeare’s ...

Ehrengraf for the Defense by Lawrence Block
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Keller's Fedora (Kindle Single)

Some years ago he’d come to New Orleans wearing a Homer Simpson baseball cap, which he’d managed to swap for a Saints cap. Remembering it now, it struck him as curious that a football team would embroider its logo on baseball caps, but he didn’t think it was something he needed to dwell on.  ...

Keller's Fedora (Kindle Single) by Lawrence Block
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A Diet of Treacle

and blinked rapidly. He fumbled for a cigarette and lit it. Laboriously, he dragged smoke into his lungs and held it there. He blew it out slowly in a long, thin column that floated languidly toward the ceiling. When he finished the cigarette, he dropped it and elaborately ground it into the lino...

A Diet of Treacle by Lawrence Block
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69 Barrow Street

“Well,” she said. “Two-timing me, huh?” “What do you mean?” “Just now. With the little brunette.” “Oh,” he said. “The two of us had breakfast together. She just moved into the building.” “Sort of a long breakfast, wasn’t it?” “We were talking for a while,” he said defensively. There was nothing f...

69 Barrow Street by Lawrence Block
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CH02 - Chip Harrison Scores Again

“You’re in trouble now, Chip.”     “I am?”     “Bad trouble.”     “I don’t see it.”     Her hand, thin with a tracing of blue veins, moved quickly and decisively. She lifted a pawn of mine, set her bishop in its place...

CH02 - Chip Harrison Scores Again by Lawrence Block
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Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf

—Edgar Lee Masters   “I didn’t do it,” Blaine Starkey said.     “Of course you didn’t.”     “Everyone thinks I did it,” Starkey went on, “and I guess I can understand why. But I’m innocent.”     “Of course you are.”    &nb...

Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block
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Manhattan Noir 2 (2012)

Then you’d think of heaven where there’s peace, away from here and you’d go some place unreal where everybody goes after something happens, set up in the air, safe, a room in a hotel. A brass bed, military hair brushes, a couple of coats, trousers, maybe a dress on a chair or draped on the floor....

Manhattan Noir 2 (2012) by Lawrence Block
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HCC 115 - Borderline

Off the beaten track, it doesn’t advertise, and the sign announcing its presence is almost invisible. You have to know the Alhambra is there in order to find it.     The owner and maitre d’ is a little man whom the customers call Kamil. His name is Louis, his parents brought h...

HCC 115 - Borderline by Lawrence Block

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