Gerald So on THE CRIME OF OUR LIVES

With the same dry wit and way with words in The Crime of Our Lives, Block gives closeups of twenty-one writers’ tricks and leaves the fun of reading them intact because he’s a reader, too. Click here to read the review  

How T-Cool is that?

I know, I know. I’ll tell you, my newsletters are like buses. You wait and wait and wait and wait, and then three of them come one right after the other. But I’ve got news, and I’m bursting with it. Innit pretty? It’s the book I mentioned late...

Best. AWATT film review. Ever.

This came in today as a message from a Facebook Friend: “Lawrence, I have to tell you, the movie was amazing! My husband loved it so much he said he wished he had some Depends so we didn’t have to pause it when he had to go pee. Men! Now he wants to read...

James Thane on The Devil Knows You’re Dead

This five-star review appeared this week on Goodreads: “This is the eleventh entry in Lawrence Block’s excellent Matthew Scudder series, and it remains my favorite book in the series. As the story opens, Scudder and his girlfriend, Elaine, are thrown...

It’s hard to be a burglar

When you’re a burglar, life can be hard… …and sooner or later you’re going to need a cover that’s every bit as hard, hard enough to shield you from the slings and arrows of outraged householders. Consider Bernie Rhodenbarr, whose latest adventure gives him all sorts...