by Admin | Jun 29, 2020 | Books, Dead Girl Blues, News + Events, Non-Series Novels, Reviews
…a brilliant hybrid of a crime novel and first-person psychological study where the subject attempts — not always successfully — to analyze himself. In the meantime, there is a clock that ticks faintly in the background across the years and threatens...
by LB | Jun 23, 2020 | Dead Girl Blues, News + Events, Reviews
This review appeared today in Criminal Element, and it’s just too good to keep to myself… “Lawrence Block has been writing for over sixty years, and he’s written everything from parlor mysteries solved by an affable burglar to the hardest of...
by Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Reviews
If brevity keeps all the usual supporting characters from returning, some nice nostalgic mentions will reassure fans that they haven’t been forgotten. It’s good to see Matt back in action. Click here to read the review
by Admin | Nov 12, 2018 | Matthew Scudder, News + Events, Reviews
Block’s unlicensed New York City investigator Matt Scudder debuted 40 years ago but has been absent for the last decade… Block has never been predictable, as this novella demonstrates… A superb book and a reminder to his longtime fans that this crime-fiction...
by Admin | Dec 16, 2016 | Anthologies, In Sunlight or in Shadow, News + Events, Reviews
Lawrence Block edits an astounding anthology of short fiction riffing on the paintings of Edward Hopper. Click here to read the review
by Admin | Dec 8, 2016 | Anthologies, Books, In Sunlight or in Shadow, News + Events, Reviews
Now here’s a lovely thing. A collection of short stories, rich and surprising like a hearty stew, edited by the great crime writer Lawrence Block (who also contributes the final tale)… and all inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. Click here to read the...
