Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061807184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard.
A Ticket to the Boneyard
Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061807184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061807184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard.
Walk Among the Tombstones
Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061760315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Book description to come.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061760315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Book description to come.
Booze and the Private Eye
Author: Rita Elizabeth Rippetoe
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786481536
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The hard-bitten PI with a bottle of bourbon in his desk drawer--it's an image as old as the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction itself. Alcohol has long been an important element of detective fiction, but it is no mere prop. Rather, the treatment of alcohol within the works informs and illustrates the detective's moral code, and casts light upon the society's attitudes towards drink. This examination of the role of alcohol in hard-boiled detective fiction begins with the genre's birth, in an era strongly influenced and affected by prohibition, and follows both the genre's development and its relation to our changing understanding of and attitudes towards alcohol and alcoholism. It discusses the works of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Robert B. Parker, Lawrence Block, Marcia Muller, Karen Kijewski and Sue Grafton. There are bibliographies of both the primary and critical texts, and an index of authors and works.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786481536
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The hard-bitten PI with a bottle of bourbon in his desk drawer--it's an image as old as the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction itself. Alcohol has long been an important element of detective fiction, but it is no mere prop. Rather, the treatment of alcohol within the works informs and illustrates the detective's moral code, and casts light upon the society's attitudes towards drink. This examination of the role of alcohol in hard-boiled detective fiction begins with the genre's birth, in an era strongly influenced and affected by prohibition, and follows both the genre's development and its relation to our changing understanding of and attitudes towards alcohol and alcoholism. It discusses the works of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Robert B. Parker, Lawrence Block, Marcia Muller, Karen Kijewski and Sue Grafton. There are bibliographies of both the primary and critical texts, and an index of authors and works.
The Sins Of The Fathers
Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1409138666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The first novel in the explosive Matthew Scudder Series. The tenth novel in the series - A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES - is set to be a major Hollywood film, starring Liam Neeson. A pretty young girl is butchered in her Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, is found dead in his jail cell. As far as the NYPD is concerned, the case is closed. But ex-cop Matt Scudder, is persuaded to look into the case by the dead girl's father. And suddenly he's up to his neck in sleaze and corruption, phoney religious cults and murderous lust. In New York's underbelly, the children have no choice but to pay the price for their parent's most unspeakable sins...
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1409138666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
The first novel in the explosive Matthew Scudder Series. The tenth novel in the series - A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES - is set to be a major Hollywood film, starring Liam Neeson. A pretty young girl is butchered in her Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, is found dead in his jail cell. As far as the NYPD is concerned, the case is closed. But ex-cop Matt Scudder, is persuaded to look into the case by the dead girl's father. And suddenly he's up to his neck in sleaze and corruption, phoney religious cults and murderous lust. In New York's underbelly, the children have no choice but to pay the price for their parent's most unspeakable sins...
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061983845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away -- and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061983845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away -- and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.
A Ticket to the Boneyard
Author: Lawrence Block
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688090708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
When ex-policeman and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder is stalked by a psychotic killer who murders, one by one, Scudders' friends and acquaintances, his fate hinges on the survival of a glamorous call girl
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688090708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
When ex-policeman and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder is stalked by a psychotic killer who murders, one by one, Scudders' friends and acquaintances, his fate hinges on the survival of a glamorous call girl
The Company
Author: John Micklethwait
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0812972872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chosen by BusinessWeek as One of the Top Ten Business Books of the Year With apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society is neither the state, nor the commune, nor the party; it is the company. From this bold premise, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge chart the rise of one of history’s great catalysts for good and evil. In a “fast-paced and well-written” work (Forbes), the authors reveal how innovations such as limitations on liability have permitted companies to rival religions and even states in importance, governing the flow of wealth and controlling human affairs–all while being largely exempt from the rules that govern our lives. The Company is that rare, remarkable book that fills a major gap we scarcely knew existed. With it, we are better able to make sense of the past four centuries, as well as the events of today.
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0812972872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chosen by BusinessWeek as One of the Top Ten Business Books of the Year With apologies to Hegel, Marx, and Lenin, the basic unit of modern society is neither the state, nor the commune, nor the party; it is the company. From this bold premise, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge chart the rise of one of history’s great catalysts for good and evil. In a “fast-paced and well-written” work (Forbes), the authors reveal how innovations such as limitations on liability have permitted companies to rival religions and even states in importance, governing the flow of wealth and controlling human affairs–all while being largely exempt from the rules that govern our lives. The Company is that rare, remarkable book that fills a major gap we scarcely knew existed. With it, we are better able to make sense of the past four centuries, as well as the events of today.
Expatriates
Author: James Wesley Rawles
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN: 0525953906
Category : Depressions
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A survivalist thriller follows the efforts of two American expat families to survive in the midst of a global economic collapse marked by the powerful rise of a radicalized Islamic government.
Publisher: Dutton Books
ISBN: 0525953906
Category : Depressions
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
A survivalist thriller follows the efforts of two American expat families to survive in the midst of a global economic collapse marked by the powerful rise of a radicalized Islamic government.
Hard-boiled Sentimentality
Author: Leonard Cassuto
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231126905
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history of the hard-boiled crime genre recovers the fascinating link between tough guys and sensitive women
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231126905
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history of the hard-boiled crime genre recovers the fascinating link between tough guys and sensitive women
The Cryptopedia
Author: Jonathan Maberry
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806528199
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A spooktacular guide to the mystery-shrouded realm where the supernatural mingles with the paranormal. Maberry and Kramer present witty and comprehensive chapters that explain the inexplicable, from angels and poltergeists to UFOs and more. The Cryptopedia decodes occult symbols, demystifies the art of fortune-telling and discusses the myriad strange and bizarre forces at work in the universe. Packed with informative sidebars, and fully illustrated throughout with an eight-page colour insert.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806528199
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A spooktacular guide to the mystery-shrouded realm where the supernatural mingles with the paranormal. Maberry and Kramer present witty and comprehensive chapters that explain the inexplicable, from angels and poltergeists to UFOs and more. The Cryptopedia decodes occult symbols, demystifies the art of fortune-telling and discusses the myriad strange and bizarre forces at work in the universe. Packed with informative sidebars, and fully illustrated throughout with an eight-page colour insert.