Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 2020) From the Publisher: 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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Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 2000) From the Publisher: A Dance At The Slaughterhouse 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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Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (UK 1999) From the Publisher: Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752827464 (September, 1999), 273 p., £5.99.
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Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 1996) From the Publisher: 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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Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (UK 1995) From the Publisher: Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Phoenix Books, ISBN: 185799311X (April, 1995), 309 p., £5.99.
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Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 1992) From the Publisher: Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380713748 (August, 1992), 309 p., $4.99.
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Lawrence Block: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (USA 1991) From the Publisher: 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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