»Ich liebe die Matthew-Scudder-Reihe und ich liebe diese Kurzgeschichten.«– Otto Penzler, Los Angeles Times, Ten Most Wanted Books of 2011Lawrence Block konnte mit seinen 17 Matthew-Scudder-Romanen die Herzen von Lesern in der ganzen Welt gewinnen – und auch eine Vielzahl von Literaturpreisen,...

Twenty-three thrilling, hilarious and poignant short stories—all based in New York City—written by new and acclaimed fiction masters, edited by LB.

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.

Like the rest of us, Keller's starting to worry about his retirement. After all, he's not getting any younger. (His victims, on the other hand, aren't getting any older.)

The complete exploits of Martin Ehrengraf: a dozen delicious tales of vice and villainy

After Keller's first appearance I never expected to write more about the wistful hit man. But time passed, and I got to thinking about him. I figured he was just the sort of Urban Lonely Guy to find himself on a psychotherapist's couch.

Ah, yes. THE ADULTERATORS, the thrilling account of a couple of desperadoes whose violation of the Pure Food and Drug Act brought a nauseated nation to its knees, and—Oh, it’s THE ADULTERERS? Oh. Well, never mind.

Matt Scudder fue policía de Nueva York. Ahora es un detective sin licencia que saca las castañas del fuego a sus amigos. Se divorció de su mujer, y ahora vive en un modesto hotel del West Side.

“Adoro la serie di Matthew Scudder, e adoro queste storie brevi”--Otto Penzler, Los Angeles Times, I dieci libri più amati del 2011

«Me encanta la serie sobre Matthew Scudder, y me encantan los cuentos…y ésta es la colección completa de los cuentos protagonizados por Scudder.

Kit Tolliver’s got a problem. Whenever she has sex with a man, she feels an irresistible urge to kill him. That’s fine, she enjoys the killing as much as the sex, but it does limit the possibilities for a satisfying long-term relationship.