A brilliant, fast-paced thriller from 'a flat out entertainer' Daily Telegraph
Also a major film starring Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens and Ruth Wilson - now available on Netflix

Kenan Khoury's wife never returned from her shopping trip - at least, not alive. A ransom is demanded and paid; and his wife is duly returned to him - in small pieces in the boot of an abandoned car. But as Khoury's wealth has not come entirely honestly, he can't go to the police.

PI Matt Scudder is left to speculate on the motives of a very unusual kidnapper. And soon he is on the trail of a pair of ruthlessly sadistic psychopaths whose cruel games have only just begun...

About the Author
Lawrence Block was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2004. He is also a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He is the author of many novels and short stories and has won numerous awards for his mystery writing. He lives and works in New York City.

Reviews
Matt Scudder is a superbly drawn, sympathetic character, but there's another reason for reading Scudder novels: no one does New York better than Lawrence Block * THE TIMES *
One of the very best writers now working the beat ... Block has done something new and remarkable with the private eye novel * WASHINGTON POST *
If you know anything about this series, you'll know that it's the best there is, no argument ... Great stuff * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
One of crime writing's most accomplished stylists * GUARDIAN *
Block is a flat-out entertainer * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
The Matt Scudder books are built on character, atmosphere, crackling dialogue and a great deal of brooding-the taste for them is addictive. * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
Enough pleasures and excitements to keep us smiling and breathing hard all the way through * CHICAGO TRIBUNE *
A tense plot, expressive writing and unusual and thoroughly real people with desperate problems. Not a book for the weak-hearted! * BOOKPAGE *
The next time that friends come to town expecting a personal tour of the real New York City, here's what to hand them: a subway map, a fistful of tokens, and Lawrence Block's big bruiser of a crime novel, A Walk Among the Tombstones * NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF BOOKS *
Outstanding...excellent...a smoothly paced,deftly plotted,brightly phrased study of perversity * CHICAGO TRIBUNE *
Lawrence Block is a master ... the Matthew Scudder novels are among the finest detective books penned in this century -- Jonathan Kellerman
One of the best ever. Block was, and remains, a pioneer -- Harlan Coben



Book Information
ISBN 9781409198529
Author Lawrence Block
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 249g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 28mm