ONE MORE WEEK!

As you might possibly have heard, unless you’ve been trekking in Bhutan or meditating in an isolation chamber, A Walk Among the Tombstones opens Friday, September 19, all over the US and the UK and most of the rest of the world. (October 15, I believe, in...

Booklist on DEFENDER OF THE INNOCENT

Ehrengraf is the star of each [story], a dandy who oozes self-regard, a charming sociopath who will murder to free his client and collect his fee. He never really cops to his methods, except to icily hint at them should a client balk at paying. Click here to read the...

LB in Film Comment

A terrific interview with LB in Film Comment… I spoke with Mr. Block at one of Scudder’s old haunts, The Flame diner on the Upper West Side, about his writing process, Hollywood nightmares past, and the long road to cinemas for A Walk Among the Tombstones, which...

Michael Weinreb on grantland.com

Grantland.com, largely a sports-oriented site named after the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, is a house containing many mansions. Just yesterday I taped an hour-long podcast with screenwriter Brian Koppelman (who wrote a lyrical tribute to the Scudder series...

What? Is it September already?

That’s what the calendar says, and it’s never lied to me in the past. I could muse on the ever-more-rapid passage of time in its flight, but more time would fly while I was musing, and who needs that? Instead I’ll get down to the business of the...

A Bookstore Update from David

Okay, where do I start? Couple of days ago I put together five sets of eight assorted Scudder paperbacks. We mentioned them on Facebook and they sold out overnight @ $49.99 a set. I was encouraged enough to do the same for Bernie R—six sets this time, eight titles per...