The young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers.

Matthew Scudder is no conscientious avenging angel. A job's a job after all -- and Scudder's been paid to find a killer -- by the victim...in advance.

Matthew Scudder doesn't think a bad cop's a killer, but the cops aren't about to help the unlicensed p.i. prove it -- and they may do a lot worse than just get in his way.

Louis Pinell freely admits to having slain seven women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed Barbara Ettinger Matthew Scudder believes him.

Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prostitute named Kim knew it also—and she wanted out.

Matthew Scudder is drinking his life away -- and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.

Matthew Scudder understands the futility of his search for a longtime missing Midwestern innocent who wanted to be an actress in the vast meat-grinder called New York City.

Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free.

In Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position elevate nobody above morality and the law. Now the ex-cop and unlicensed p.i. has been hired to prove that socialite Richard Thurman orchestrated the brutal murder of his beautiful, pregnant wife.

Kenan Khoury’s wife went out grocery shopping and never came home. Alive, anyway. But Khoury can’t go to the police for help. He goes to Matthew Scudder instead

A deranged derelict, a crazed Vietnam vet, has been arrested for gunning down successful young lawyer Glenn Holtzmann at a corner phone booth on Eleventh Avenue -- and the suspect's brother wants p.i. Matthew Scudder to prove the madman innocent.