by Admin | Oct 4, 2011 | Books, Matthew Scudder, Reviews
“…Block has collected all the Scudder novelettes and short stories into a new volume called The Night and the Music, which he’s published himself as an e-book and a trade paperback. They seem to be in the order in which he wrote them, which makes for...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2011 | Books, Matthew Scudder, Reviews
From Randy Johnson’s five-star review on Amazon: “I just finished this collection of stories about Matthew Scudder. It works as both as a companion to the novels and as an introduction to those unfamiliar with them. For me, it was the latter. I’d...
by Admin | Sep 29, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
“…Get ready for a wild ride. I have never blushed this much reading a book in public ever before, and I relished every shameless second… “Despite the graphic content of some of the scenes, when you step back and let your cheeks revert to their...
by Admin | Sep 28, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
“In over 50 years of publishing, Lawrence Block has written more great words than almost any writer you can think of. Terms like “master” and “legend” get thrown around to often — but if you wanted to throw a couple of them...
by LB | Sep 23, 2011 | Books, Jill Emerson, Reviews
By Tom Callahan @ BookReporter: “Fans of Hard Case have come to expect quality entertainment, both reprints of the greatest of past crime fiction and terrific original stories that prove that hardboiled writing is still very much alive and well in the early years of...
by Admin | Sep 21, 2011 | Jill Emerson, Reviews
“With the same skill he’s shown in his more mainstream work, Block slowly ratchets up the intensity and violence, using each successive murder either to give a deeper glimpse into Kit’s twisted psyche, or push her one step further toward her psychotic but...