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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 2020)

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"Outstanding," the Chicago Tribune wrote of A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, calling it "a smoothly paced, deftly plotted, brightly phrased study of perversity and coincidence with many twists and no straight arrows."

The ninth novel starring Lawrence Block's most compelling character, Matthew Scudder, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse is a look at the darkest region of a dark city. Scudder, sober now, still lives in the same spartan hotel room and earns what money he needs as an unlicensed private eye, by what he characterizes as "doing favors for friends."Here the favor is for Lyman Warriner, whose sister Amanda was the victim of a brutal murder. Warriner is certain the killer is Richard Thurman, Amanda's husband, and Scudder's investigation leads him down New York's meanest streets, including a tour of Times Square when it was at its worst. That's where he meets TJ, a street-smart teenager who will play a continuing role in the series. Elaine Mardell is also present, as her relationship with Matt evolves. And Mick Ballou is in at the finish.

The action is fast, the ending powerful and disturbing. You won't forget it. "Shocking," wrote Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times Book Review. "Darkly entertaining." And Entertainment Weekly calls the book "A grim, skillful urban mystery," adding that "Matthew Scudder has evolved into the perfect noir hero."

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Matthew Scudder #9. LB Productions, ISBN: 9798677708152 (August, 2020), 286 p., Hardcover $27.99, Paperback $14.99, eBook $9.99.

 

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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 2000)

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There is no accolade or major mystery award that has not already been bestowed upon Lawrence Block. His acclaimed crime novels are asintelligent, provocative, and emotionally complex as they are nerve-tighteningly intense. And perhaps the most respected of his myriad works are the Matthew Scudder books -- masterworks of suspenseful invention featuring a remarkable protagonist rich in conscience and character, with all the flaws that his humanity entails. This is the detective novel as high art.

A Dance At The Slaughterhouse
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. During Scudder's hard drinking years, he left a piece of his soul on every seedy corner of the Big Apple. But this case is more depraved and more potentially devastating than anything he experienced while floundering in the urban depths. Because this investigation is leading Scudder on a frightening grand tour of New York's sex-for-sale underworld -- where an innocent young life is simply a commodity to be bought and perverted... and then destroyed.

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel. HarperCollins, ISBN: 0380813734 (July, 2000), 304 p., $10.99.

 

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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (UK 1999)

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The Police can't prove that socialite Richard Thurman arranged the rape, torture and murder of his beautiful, pregnant wife. The dead woman's brother thinks Matthew Scudder can. During his ongoing battle with the bottle, ex-cop, ex-boozer Scudder left a little bit of his soul on every seedy corner of the Big Apple. But this case will drag the tormented PI deeper into the mire than he's ever been before - launching him on a lethal and terrifying tour of New York's snuff film, sex-for-sale underworld - where an innocent young life is a commodity to be bought, perverted and ultimately destroyed.

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752827464 (September, 1999), 273 p., £5.99.

 

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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 1996)

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Matthew Scudder has left part of his soul on every seedy corner of the Big Apple. But to prove socialite Richard Thurman arranged the murder of his beautiful, pregnant wife, the tormented p.i. has to sink deeper than he ever has before -- on a terrifying tour of New York's sex-for-sale underworld, where an innocent young life is a commodity to be bought, perverted... and destroyed.

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. A Matthew Scudder Mystery. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380713748 (March, 1996), 309 p., $5.99.

 

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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (UK 1995)

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The Police can't prove that socialite Richard Thurman arranged the rape, torture and murder of his beautiful, pregnant wife. The dead woman's brother thinks Matthew Scudder can. During his ongoing battle with the bottle, ex-cop, ex-boozer Scudder left a little bit of his soul on every seedy corner of the Big Apple. But this case will drag the tormented PI deeper into the mire than he's ever been before - launching him on a lethal and terrifying tour of New York's "snuff" film, sex-for-sale underworld - where an innocent young life is a commodity to be bought, perverted and ultimately destroyed.

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Phoenix Books, ISBN: 185799311X (April, 1995), 309 p., £5.99.

 

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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 1992)

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The police can't prove that socialite Richard Thurman arranged the rape, torture and murder of his beautiful, pregnant wife. The dead woman's brother thinks Matthew Scudder can. During his ongoing battle with the bottle, ex-cop ex-boozer Scudder left a little bit of his soul on every seedy corner of the Big Apple. But this case will drag the tormented pi deeper into the mire than he's ever been before -- launching him on a lethal and terrifying tour of New York's "snuff" film, sex-for-sale underworld where an innocent young life is a commodity to be bought, perverted and ultimately destroyed.

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380713748 (August, 1992), 309 p., $4.99.

 

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 A Dance at the Slaughterhouse

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 1991)

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Widely acknowledged as one of America's leading crime writers, Block has won praise for his style, for his twisty, realistic stories, but most of all for his ever-intriguing detective, Matthew Scudder.

An ex-cop, and a frequent visitor to AA meetings, Scudder has seen so much on the street that he thinks he is incapable of surprise. But then he becomes involved in a case that takes him on a terrifying tour of the darkest and most twisted side of sex for sale in New York City.

It all begins conventionally enough. A rich, beautiful woman is murdered. Her husband stands to inherit almost a million dollars, the woman's brother suspects the husband... and Scudder is hired. But then Scudder stumbles across a snuff film involving a young boy, and the case takes a chilling turn. Somehow Scudder and his girlfriend Elaine must find a connection between the two crimes and set a trap for the killer.

In A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, Block is at the top of his considerable powers. Writing with feverish intensity, he's thrown Scudder into a nightmarish world filled with the kind of moral ambiguity and insight into the dark recesses of the human soul that Block's readers have come to expect.

Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. A Matt Scudder Mystery. William Morrow, ISBN: 0688103499 (September, 1991), 309 p., $19.00.

 

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