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by Lawrence Block (Author) "I didn't see him coming ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (6 Jul 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752834517
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752834511
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 413,333 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Eight girls died at the hands of a psychopath armed with an ice-pick but the killer has never been brought to justice, even though nine years have passed. Scudder is hired to track the maniac down, but does following a trail that old mean that the killer is long gone, or just waiting in the scenes?

About the Author
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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4.0 out of 5 stars A well written, entertaining, private eye novel, 13 Mar 2001
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I have to admit that I came to this novel as a real fan of crime fiction, though I had never read any of Lawrence Block's books before. Having read this, one of a long series of novels featuring the unofficial private detective and ex-cop, Matt Scudder, I can say that it certainly won't be my last.

Matt Scudder himself is an excellent character, worthy of appearing in a series of novels. An ex-cop who left the force for personal reasons and now battles as much against the bourbon bottle as he does against criminals on the mean streets of New York City. This is just the kind of intelligent, well-written, dark crime writing that raises the genre up toward the status of genuine contemporary literature.

The plot in this novel is very interesting as Scudder re-opens an old case which involved a serial killer murdering young women with an ice pick. One of the victim's parents hires Scudder because he thinks maybe his daughter was killed by a copycat instead of the man convicted.

One other enjoyable aspect of the book is the portrait of the Big Apple it gives us. As you travel the city with Scudder you really have the feeling of being there.

Other novels in the series await my investigation, and hopefully yours too.

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3.0 out of 5 stars confusing, 8 Aug 2007
By Lindymck (Falkirk, Scotland) - See all my reviews
essentially overall it was a good book but i found it very hard to keeo everybody straight and who was involved with who. and i never really followed the investigation very well so when the guilty guy was revealed i had no idea where that had come from.

so unfortunately this is why i found this book average
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