Lawrence Block

A story "recounted in journal form by its protagonist, and begins when he walks into a roadhouse outside of Bakersfield, California, and walks out with a woman. And rapes and murders her. But, um, not in that order. Right. But it's what he does with the rest of his life that's really interesting..."--Publisher's description.

Well past retirement age and feeling his years—but still staying sober one day at a time—Matthew Scudder learns that alcoholics aren't the only ones who count the days since their last slip. Matt's longtime partner, Elaine, tells him of a group of former sex workers who do something similar, helping each other stay out of the life. But when one young woman describes an abusive client who's refusing to let her quit, Elaine encourages her to get...

After a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery--and get him killed in the process.

Byrne and Susan Hollander are wealthy patrons of the arts. One night, they are murdered by robbers. Days later, the bodies of the thieves are discovered in a seedy Brooklyn apartment. They are surrounded by the stolen loot and have been shot in an apparent murder-suicide. Case closed? Not for Scudder.

From the bestselling author comes a touching, insightful, and humorous memoir of an unlikely racewalker and world traveler. Before Lawrence Block was the author of bestselling novels, he was a walker. As a child, he walked home from school. As a college student, he walked until he was able to buy his first car. As an adult, he ran marathons until he discovered what would become a lifelong obsession--never mind if some people didn't think it was a...

Working undercover for the police as a hit man, private investigator Doak Miller falls under his supect's spell and joins in her plot to kill her husband.

Follows the experiences of insurance man Don Barshter, who takes on a new identity in the New York mob after a murder he did not mean to commit.

Two innocents fall prey to a woman whose beauty bewitches—and destroys

Ralph Lambert hates Stella nearly as much as he loves her. A painter with talent but no ambition, Ralph was adrift in his bohemian Manhattan life when the statuesque blonde stole his heart. She drew him into her lair, promising a comfortable living for as long as he keeps her satisfied. Now he suffers in silence, self-respect forgotten as the woman he cannot resist seduces

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