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The streets of New York are never safe, but the release of James Leo Motley, a psychopath who went down swearing revenge on Matt Scudder on all who knew him, means death is out there looking for a victim. No-one is safe - friends, lovers or just those unfortunate enough to share the same name.
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Lawrence Block was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2004. He is also a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He is the author of many novels and short stories and has won numerous awards for his mystery writing. He lives and works in New York City.
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have just finished reading "A Ticket to the Boneyard"
and it is arguably the best in the Scudder series.
I have read all the Scudder mysteries except for the newest
three ("A long line of dead men", "The Devil knows
you're dead" and "A walk among the tombstones).
"A Ticket to the Boneyard" would definitely be my first
choice if I had to recommend someone to read a novel
by Lawrence Block. "Boneyard" is a cross between
existentialism and "Cape Fear", and Block takes Scudder's
restlessness and edginess to the extreme, in a perfectly
defined and balanced narrative that wastes no time
and takes you on a ride through the worst of NYC
from which you cannot escape. The villain in this
novel is one of the meanest, sharpest and most
believable SOB's to be featured in literature ever.
I inhaled "A Ticket to the Boneyard" in three days,
and it would have been less had I not cared about
being fired from my job. Scudder is a blast, and
Lawrence Block is a genius.
and it is arguably the best in the Scudder series.
I have read all the Scudder mysteries except for the newest
three ("A long line of dead men", "The Devil knows
you're dead" and "A walk among the tombstones).
"A Ticket to the Boneyard" would definitely be my first
choice if I had to recommend someone to read a novel
by Lawrence Block. "Boneyard" is a cross between
existentialism and "Cape Fear", and Block takes Scudder's
restlessness and edginess to the extreme, in a perfectly
defined and balanced narrative that wastes no time
and takes you on a ride through the worst of NYC
from which you cannot escape. The villain in this
novel is one of the meanest, sharpest and most
believable SOB's to be featured in literature ever.
I inhaled "A Ticket to the Boneyard" in three days,
and it would have been less had I not cared about
being fired from my job. Scudder is a blast, and
Lawrence Block is a genius.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
. Matthew Scudder is Lawrence Block's remarkable private investigator. He's a former NYPD detective who left the force after an accident left a child dead in a crossfire. Because he is unlicensed you can't "hire" him. Instead he does you a favor by taking your case and solving the crime. In exchange for the favor the client returns the favor by giving him some cash. Scudder is a recovering alcoholic who attends AA meetings throughout the book. In earlier Scudder novels Matt is almost always without a drink in his hands. I have read most of the Scudder series to date and fond "A Ticket to the Boneyard," the best. I could not put it down. Reading it took priority of everything else I had to do or should have done. Scudder is reacquainted with James Leo Motley sent to prison a dozen years earlier. Motley vowed to get even and kill Scudder and all his women. Although Scudder is divorced the only woman in his life is Elaine, a call girl. This doesn't stop Scudder as friends, acquaintances; the psychotic killer eliminates people he doesn't know. If you read only one Lawrence Block/Scudder novel, "A Ticket to the Boneyard," should be that novel. An afterthought: Matthew Scudder is a realistic, likeable character. In the early books we find that after he left the NYPD he took up drinking and left his wife and two sons. From time to time she asks Scudder to send more money because "we need it." Scudder generally obliges. Although not living with his family Scudder is not distant from them. He speaks to his boys on the phone and brings them into the city for a ball game. For some reason that Scudder doesn't know finds himself visiting churches and leaving a donation, tithing, ten percent of money recently received from a client. Scudder says Catholic churches receive donations for than others because they are generally open at late hours. Although he's not a religious man he finds peace and solitude in the almost always empty sanctuary he visits.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is a great book and keeps you glued to its pages. I have read almost all of Block's books and have enjoyed them all but, so far, this is the absoulute best one.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Nope - doesn't do it for me.
I just can't get on with Block and his hero Matt Scudder. I've tried for years, picking up the occasional one here and there but can't say I've ever enjoyed them much. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by Gargoyle
The Master Of Crime Does It Once More
Lawrence Block's 'A Ticket To The Boneyard' is another in the Matt Scudder series, and this time sees Scudder under threat from a man he sent to prison for threatening women. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2001
The best of the genre!
Block is the world's greatest living master of the hard-edged, gritty detective novel. Be prepared to stay up late with this one...
Published on 12 Jun 1998
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