by Admin | Apr 2, 2015 | Nonfiction, Reviews, The Crime of Our Lives
It has been ordained by the Mystery Gods that I begin each comment on Lawrence Block by noting that he writes the best sentences in the business. He does and I don’t say that frivolously. There is an unpretentious elegance in just about everything he writes....
by Admin | Mar 31, 2015 | Anthologies, Reviews
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
by Admin | Jan 5, 2015 | Borderline, Non-Series Novels, Reviews
My second 5 star read from December was Lawrence Block’s Borderline, a short novel written back in the early 60’s. I think I’d be entertained reading this guy’s shopping list. Sometimes it’s hard to define what I like about books. This one ticked a lot of boxes...
by Admin | Dec 7, 2014 | Bernie Rhodenbarr, News + Events, Reviews, The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons
For fans of the Burglar series, this book is comfort food. It’s all the greatest hits, played well and in order. Block remains an impeccable prose stylist, and the book has a jazzy, breezy flow that makes it read faster than it has any right to. For newcomers, it...
by Admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Matthew Scudder, Reviews
A Walk Among Tombstones is a dark, gritty novel exploring a brutal and senseless crime, but I enjoyed reading it for a number of reasons. Chief among them is the character development and the portrayal of the interpersonal relationships Click here to read the review...
by Admin | Oct 11, 2014 | Audiobooks, Matthew Scudder, Reviews
On the audiobook… Narrated by Don Sobczak, who brings this dark yet optimistic and sincere attorney to life. All of the different characters are uniquely represented and show the range of this performance artist. Sobczak takes the short stories and makes them...
