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by Lawrence Block (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New Ed 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: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 182,332 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.


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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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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 The Master Of Crime Does It Once More, 1 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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2.0 out of 5 stars Nope - doesn't do it for me., 18 Sep 2009
By J. D. Mcintosh (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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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. You can't compare this stuff to Connelly or even Crais at their best. It's short and dark. At least the book doesn't take you long to read.

I think the problem is that our hero Matt has too many pals - cop friends, gangster friends, women friends who think of him with affection. There's too much going for him. He's got a drink problem that causes him angst but hey why worry when so many folk are rooting for you, Matt? We even get the obligatory tender sex scene with the old flame Elaine (a scarcely convincing hooker).

Then he just leaves her to it apart from installing some locks on the door. She keeps turning off the flipping call recorder so we can't get the villain on tape. The doorman of her building inevitably waves through the baddie to commit atrocity in the end. Then when one of his pals plonks the villain's home address in his lap he nearly blows it. I kept saying "Just wait for the guy and shoot him, Matt" instead of clambering up fire escapes and having a fight. It's all a bit, well...frustrating - and yet he's well thought of as a lawman. Matt was a good cop back in the day.

Am I missing something? I take from the story the point that Scudder felt guilty about framing Motley the first time and now he's sort of done it again - playing god as he says. He's guilty about an earlier accidental shooting too. He's a guilty guy walking the streets of the Big Apple, desperate for a drink to kill his demons.

I'll keep trying.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Matt Scudder Novel
. 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. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 1998

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
Published on 10 Oct 1996

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