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Lawrence Block

Biography

Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards and countless international prizes. The author of more than 50 books, he lives in New York City.

Books by Lawrence Block

Getting Off: A Novel of Sex & Violence
Lawrence Block, writing as Jill Emerson - Crime Fiction, Fiction, Hard-boiled Crime Fiction, Suspense, Thriller

So this girl walks into a bar... and when she walks out, there’s a man with her. She goes to bed with him, and she likes that part. Then she kills him, and she likes that even better.

A Drop of the Hard Stuff
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Mystery

Forced out of the NYPD, Matthew Scudder has given up the drink. Then he runs into "High-Low" Jack Ellery, a childhood friend. Scudder once solved crimes as a detective. Ellery committed them. Then Ellery is killed, presumably while attempting to atone for past sins. Is it what he saw or what he said that got him killed? 

Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir
by Lawrence Block - Memoir, Nonfiction
Hit and Run
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Mystery
Hit Parade
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Mystery
Lucky At Cards
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Thriller
All the Flowers Are Dying
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Mystery
The Girl With the Long Green Heart
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Thriller
Small Town
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Suspense
Enough Rope
by Lawrence Block
Hit List (John Keller Mysteries)
by Lawrence Block
Hope to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Mystery
A Diet Of Treacle
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Thriller
The Burglar on the Prowl
by Lawrence Block - Fiction, Suspense
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