Eine nicht-so-kleine Nachtmusik…

by | Jun 18, 2015 | Matthew Scudder

Keeping close tabs on your book sales is a good sign that you’ve got too much time on your hands. Still, technology makes the process irresistibly simple. Click! The page is refreshed, and look at that—you just sold the third copy this month of an eVersion of a...

A Walk Among the Kale and the Quinoa…

by | Apr 24, 2015 | Matthew Scudder

This from the incomparable Joe Queenan, in the Weekly Standard, who knows that context is everything: “While traveling in the west of England recently, I had occasion to dine in an organic restaurant just outside Cirencester. The restaurant was clean and...

Dead End Follies on EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE

by | Apr 10, 2015 | Matthew Scudder, Reviews

I love reading Matthew Scudder novels. It’s a ritual to me, like renewing with a badass, self-loathing friend every couple months or so. EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE is a great addition to the series and is almost as satisfying as the masterful A STAB IN THE DARK....

Best. AWATT film review. Ever.

by | Jan 20, 2015 | Matthew Scudder

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

by | Jan 8, 2015 | Matthew Scudder

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...