Matthew Scudder knows that justice is an elusive commodity in the big city, where a harmless man can be shot dead in a public place criminals fly free through holes in a tattered legal system. But now a vigilante is roaming among the millions, executing those he fees deserve to die. He calls himself "The Will of the People"--an ingenious serial killer who announces his specific...(展开全部)

Matthew Scudder knows that justice is an elusive commodity in the big city, where a harmless man can be shot dead in a public place criminals fly free through holes in a tattered legal system. But now a vigilante is roaming among the millions, executing those he fees deserve to die. He calls himself "The Will of the People"--an ingenious serial killer who announces his specific...(展开全部)

When Byrne and Susan Hollander are killed in a brutal home invasion, the whole city catches its collective breath. A few days later the killers turn up dead behind a locked door in Brooklyn. One has killed his partner, then himself. The city sighs with relief. The cops close the case.</p>Matt and Elaine Scudder were in the same room with the Hollanders hours before their deaths...(展开全部)

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 neme...(展开全部)

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 neme...(展开全部)

<center>This is a city that seduces dreamers...then eats their dreams.</center><p align="left">Matthew Scudder understands the futility of his search for a longtime missing Midwestern innocent who wanted to be an actress in the vast meat-grinder called New York City. But her frantic father heard that Schudder is the best -- and now the ex-cop-turned-p.i. is scouring the hell ca...(展开全部)

Since the 1970s, Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning novels and short fiction featuring Matthew Scudder. Now, with both himself and his detective half a century older, the author found himself charged with writing a book about his protagonist. And he decided he wasn't the right person for the job. LB: "What was Matt's family like? How did he spend his childhood? What ...(展开全部)

Since the 1970s, Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning novels and short fiction featuring Matthew Scudder. Now, with both himself and his detective half a century older, the author found himself charged with writing a book about his protagonist. And he decided he wasn't the right person for the job. LB: "What was Matt's family like? How did he spend his childhood? What ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 勞倫斯．卜洛克Lawrence Block 勞倫斯．卜洛克 Lawrence Block 歐美當代冷硬派偵探小說書寫第一人 一九三八年出生於紐約水牛城。除了極少時間之外，卜洛克幾乎都定居於紐約市內，並以該城為主要背景，從事推理文學創作，成為全球知名推理小說家，因而獲得「紐約犯罪風景的行吟詩人」美譽。 卜洛克的推理寫作，從「冷硬派」出發而予人以人性溫暖；屬「類型書寫」卻不拘一格，常見出格筆路。他的文思敏捷又勤於筆耕，自一九五七年正式出道以來，已出版超過五十本小說，並寫出短篇小說逾百。遂將漢密特、錢徳勒所締建的美國犯罪小說傳統，推向另一個引人矚目的高度。卜洛克一生獲獎無數。他曾七度榮獲愛倫坡獎、十次夏姆斯獎、四次安東尼獎、兩次馬爾他之鷹獎、二○○四年英國犯罪作家協會鑽石匕首獎，以及法、德、日等國所頒發推理大獎。二○○二年，繼一九九四年愛倫坡獎當...(展开全部)

The winner of multiple Edgar, Shamus, and Maltese Falcon Awards, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Lawrence Block has elevated the detective novel to high art--combining grit with intelligence, suspense with stunning emotional complexity and power. And in unlicensed private investigator Matthew Scudder, he has created a character whose depth and stark humanity is unrivall...(展开全部)