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A Long Line of Dead Men

A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel, Book 12

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A Long Line of Dead Men

By: Lawrence Block
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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An ancient brotherhood meets annually in the back room of a swank Manhattan restaurant, a fraternity created in secret to celebrate life by celebrating its dead. But the past three decades have not been kind to the Club of 31. Matthew Scudder - ex-cop and ex-boozer - has known death in all its guises, which is why he has been asked to investigate a baffling thirty-year run of suicides and suspiciously random accidents that has thinned the ranks of this very select group of gentlemen.

But Scudder has mortality problems of his own, for his is a city that feeds mercilessly on the unsuspecting - even the powerful and those who serve them are easy prey. There are too many secrets here, too many places fora maddeningly patient serial killer to hide…and wait…and strike.

©1994 Lawrence Block (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery
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The series has been great so far - but A Long Line of Dead Men was a let down. The continuity was not there - detective stories need to bring the reader/listener along but the “who done it?” of this book was just a blind jump. The conclusion/payback totally implausible. On the positive side there were some great tales and jokes and, as ever, Mr Block’s descriptive writing was peerless.

Disappointing

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Never been disappointed by any aspect of his books. Great end as was quite a surprise

As good as the rest

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A wonderful, immersive series, and brilliantly read. Such great characters. You can almost smell New York.

Atmospheric

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discovered Lawrence Block few months ago....listened to so much of his writing
all marvelous
he takes you through so many emotions his use of language- explanation even non explanation its so interesting
loved this story
A Sherlock Homes Tale set in Modern Day New York...
I'm off in search of more....

lawrence blocks magic with language

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I found this one boring and tedious. And it seemed to drag on for ages and eventually I gave up an hour before the end.

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