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Summary: Listening to stories
Review: Matt Scudder walks and Elaine goes to the gym for exercise. Mick Ballou is a notorious criminal and Grogans, in Hell's Kitchen, is his bar and headquarters. Mick is an unlikely friend for a private detective to have. Matt is faced with the mystery of two deceased persons, formerly of the North of Ireland, and a substantial amount of twice stolen whiskey. Mick believes he has an enemy. Matt Scudder still attends AA meetings. He usually fits in two or three a week. He enjoys listening to the stories. On Sunday evenings he eats dinner with his sponsor. When he and his sponsor go out to dinner, by coincidence, they are dressed in similar garb. The sponsor becomes another victim while Matt is using the lavatory. Matt knows his sponsor would destroy his guilty thoughts by pointing out that Matt is just an alcoholic. Matt finds himself explaining to the investigating officers the role of a sponsor in the AA program. Matt is saved from danger by Mick. Gary Alan Dowling is the son of Patrick Farrelly, a man who had operated in opposition to Mick Ballou. He may have some involvement in the recent matters of conflict. This is an exceptionally dark tale in the Matt Scudder series.
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Summary: violent, but good book
Review: Lawrence Block's book is violent, and sometimes unintentionally humorous, but interesting. As read by Mr. Forster, whose accent is not bad, but a bit over the top (in places) as it gets more violent at the end. Overall, it is a pretty good introduction to his writing. This is the first book of his I've listened to and have bought the paperback. I will probably look for more of these.
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Summary: Scudder is back!!!
Review: After a huge dip -- lasting three books -- in the quality of this detective series by the very talented Lawrence Block, it's great to see Matt Scudder return in true form. The terror, the horror, the hard edge is all here. Some of the best dialogue of the genre has been a trademark of the finest works in the Scudder mysteries, and it has returned at full strength. The fear and antipation that Block is so skilled in creating is also in full force here. It's a first class mystery, terror at its chilling best, bloodbath horror that has no fictional equal. Thank you for returning Matt to his roots, Mr. Block. Welcome back, Mathew.
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Summary: scudder rises again
Review: great news for all matt scudder fans, bolck is back in top form. This time he's out help put old pal mick ballou, one of the great charactors in this sereis. The dialouge is great and the the nove is loaded with suspense. Thsi and Michael Fox's Luck to lose wer my two favorite novel's of the year
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Summary: Everybody Dies
Review: This book dragged on for too long. It was hard to get into and even harder to finish. There really wasn't much plot or emotion involved, just a lot of killing. He could have done better.
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Summary: The P.I. & the Burgler could both retire with the author
Review: I have read all of the Scudder novels, and enjoyed them all. When Block is at his best, there's no one better. Unfortunately, this is not Block at his best. Still, it's a solid effort, and worth a look. The characters are well written and defined, and I appreciate that Block is willing to kill off one of one of his longest running supporting characters in order to keep the reader in suspense (that and the title kept me hooked until the end, wondering if anyone else would buy it).
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