Stab in the Dark
by Lawrence BlockLouis Pinell, the recently apprehended Icepick Prowler, freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but he swears it was a copycat who killed an eighth victim attributed to him.
Matthew Scudder believes him and, at the behest of the.
- First published
- 2002
- Publishers
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Subjects
- Fiction·Mystery·Detective·Hard-boiled·Scudder·Matt ·Fiction·New york ·Fiction·Private investigators·Fiction
Unlicensed PI Mathew Scudder is asked to find out who killed a woman 9 years ago. The assumed killer was recently caught and confessed to all the "Ice Pick Killings" except this one.
About Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published in excess (oh, wretched excess!) of 100 books, and no end of short stories.Born in Buffalo, N.Y., LB attended Antioch College, but left before completing his studies; school authorities advised him that they felt he’d be happier elsewhere, and he thought this was remarkably perceptive of them.His earliest work, published pseudonymously in the late 1950s, was mostly in the field of midcentury erotica, an apprenticeship he shared with Donald E. Westlake and Robert Silverberg. The first time Lawrence Block’s name appeared in print was when his short story “You Can’t Lose” was published in the February 1958 issue of Manhunt. The first book published under his own name was Mona (1961); it was reissued several times over the years, once as Sweet Slow Death. In 2005 it became the first offering from Hard Case Crime, and bore for the first time LB’s original title, Grifter’s Game.LB is best known for his series characters, including cop-turned-private investigator Matthew Scudder, gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner, and introspective assassin Keller.Because one name is never enough, LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.LB’s magazine appearances include American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, Linn’s Stamp News, Cosmopolitan, GQ, and The New York Times. His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years, and led to a string of books for writers, including the classics Telling Lies for Fun & Profit and The Liar’s Bible. He has also written episodic television (Tilt!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, My Blueberry Nights.Several of LB’s books have been filmed. The latest, A Walk Among the Tombstones, stars Liam Neeson as Matthew Scudder and is scheduled for release in September, 2014.LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America, and a past president of MWA and the Private Eye Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times each, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association (UK). He’s also been honored with the Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Ink magazine and the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in the short story. In France, he has been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has twice been awarded the Societe 813 trophy. He has been a guest of honor at Bouchercon and at book fairs and mystery festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and Taiwan. As if that were not enough, he was also presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana. (But as soon as he left, they changed the locks.)LB and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers; the two are members of the Travelers Century Club, and have visited around 160 countries.He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note....
Books
Roman Mysteries Twins
Caroline Lawrence
Teen Spirit
Francesca Lia Block
Francesca lia block, critically acclaimed author of weetzie bat, brings this eerie and redemptive ghost story to life with her signature, poetic prose.
MediaMaking
Lawrence Grossberg
Game of My Life
Amy Lawrence & Olivia Blair
Jeb on the Farm
Lawrence Dupkin
Microphytobenthos in Aquatic Ecosystems
Lawrence B. Cahoon
Personal Mobile Devices in the Enterprise
Lawrence Gerard Dobranski
Leaders of many public and private organizations face increased pressure to allow the use of personal mobile devices in their enterprises.
Blackbeard's Treasure
Iszi Lawrence
Portraying Power
Regina G. Lawrence
Power for a Price
Lawrence Zhang
Martial Arts and Your Life
Lawrence Kane
Ladybird Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Mr and Miss Clarence
Susan-Jane Lawrence
Ghosts of Angels
A E Lawrence
Music and the Forms of Life
Lawrence Kramer
Crisis in Western Security
Lawrence S. Hagen
April at the Ruins
Lawrence Raab
Passionate Encounters : Risking It All
Kim Lawrence
Fantasia of the Unconscious Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
Lawrence Fennelly
Digital Writing
Daniel Lawrence
Solid Waste Engineering and Management
Lawrence K. Wang
Practical Manual of Clinical Obesity
Victor Lawrence
Trespasser Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Kangaroo
David Herbert Lawrence
CISSP for Dummies
Lawrence C. Miller
Magi Menagerie
Kale Lawrence
London, Block by Block
Cierra Block
Roadkill Tales
Michael Lawrence
Women in Love Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Faces of Ancient Egypt
Lawrence M. Berman
Adventures of a Lifetime
M. Lawrence Moore
Music and the Forms of Life
Lawrence Kramer
Obsession with Anne Frank
Lawrence Graver
Obadiah, a Video Study
Daniel I. Block
One Gospel, Many Cultures
Arren Bennet Lawrence
Undiscovered Archives of Sherlock Holmes
John Lawrence
Three Volumes - the Very Best of Joe Bruno's Mobsters
Lawrence VENTURATO
Ladybird Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers Annotated
David Herbert Lawrence
House of Hearts
Francesca Lia Block
Innocent in the Sicilian's Palazzo
Kim Lawrence
Ladybird Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Shelter
Lawrence Jackson
Dendritic Cell Biology As an Immune Dysfunction in Neoplasia
Lawrence M. Agius
Unforeseen Tendencies of Democracy
Edwin Lawrence Godkin
Innocent in the Sicilian's Palazzo
Kim Lawrence
Captains Doll Annotated
David Herbert Lawrence
Return to Solitude
Grant Lawrence
Applications of Management Science
Kenneth D. Lawrence
Fantasia of the Unconscious Illustrated
D. H. Lawrence
Girl and the Moon
Mark Lawrence
Innocent in the Sicilian's Palazzo
Kim Lawrence
Large Scale Agile Frameworks
Sascha Block
Crossing Borders
Lawrence Wang-chi Wong
Proto-Phenomenology, Language Acquisition, Orality and Literacy
Lawrence J. Hatab
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