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by Lawrence Block (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (7 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752837478
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752837475
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 247,526 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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.

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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5.0 out of 5 stars The Master Of Crime Does It Once More, 2 Feb 2001
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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. The man is named James Leo Motley and he swore to get revenge on Scudder and all his women, and this leads Scudder's friend Elaine Mardell into trouble.

The plot is intricatley woven and is even better than usual. The characterisation is fantastic, and you can really sense Scudder's growing frustrations as Motley stalks him and anyone who he classifies as his women.

This book in particular marks the stepping up of quality in this particular series. Not that those before have been bad, as they have all been excellent, it's just with this book and the deepening of Scudder's relationship with Elaine that this series really comes into it's own, and the quality continues through the next six books in the series.

If you haven't read Lawrence Block yet, this is as good a place to start as any for the Matt Scudder series. Brilliant.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the genre!, 12 Jun 1998
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This review is from: A Ticket to the Boneyard: A Matthew Scudder Mystery (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
Block is the world's greatest living master of the hard-edged, gritty detective novel. Be prepared to stay up late with this one...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Matt Scudder Novel, 2 Dec 1998
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This review is from: A Ticket to the Boneyard: A Matthew Scudder Mystery (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) (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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Hard to Put Down"
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.
Published on 16 Mar 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Lawrence Block is a true literary master
I have just finished reading "A Ticket to the Boneyard" and it is arguably the best in the Scudder series. Read more
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