A walk among the tombstones

Format:

Book

Title:

A walk among the tombstones

Author:

Block, Lawrence author

ISBN:

9781783295623

9780872721531

Edition:

First Hard Case Crime edition.

Publication:

London : Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd, August 2014.

Physical Description:

412 pages ; 18 cm.

Series title(s):

Hard Case Crime book ;

Number in series:

HCC-S01.

General Note:

Movie tie-in edition.

"A Hard Case Crime novel."

"Now a major motion picture starring Liam Neeson"--Cover.

Summary:

"When you can't call the cops, you call Scudder. Kenan Khoury's wife went out grocery shopping and never came home. Alive, anyway. But because Kenan Khoury buys and sells drugs for a living he can't go to the police for help. He goes to Matthew Scudder instead -- an alcoholic ex-cop and unlicensed private eye who will stop at nothing to bring the brutal killers to justice before another innocent woman falls beneath their knives." -- From back cover.

Subject(s):

Scudder, Matt (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Kidnapping -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

New York (State) -- New York

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Suspense fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Noir fiction.

Mystery and detective fiction -- New York (State) -- New York.

Added Corporate Author:

Titan Books (Firm),

Added Uniform Title:

Adapted as motion picture (work): Walk among the tombstones (Motion picture)

Holds:

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Summary

WHEN YOU CAN'T CALL THE COPS,
YOU CALL SCUDDER.

Kenan Khoury's wife went out grocery shopping and never came home. Alive, anyway. But because Kenan Khoury buys and sells drugs for a living he can't go to the police for help. He goes to Matthew Scudder instead -- an alcoholic ex-cop and unlicensed private eye who will stop at nothing to bring the brutal killers to justice before another innocent woman falls beneath their knives.

One of the most acclaimed detectives of all time, Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder returns to the big screen in his most shocking case ever, courtesy of international superstar Liam Neeson ( TAKEN ) and writer/director Scott Frank ( GET SHORTY, OUT OF SIGHT ).

Author Notes

Lawrence Block is the author of the popular series' featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, and Chip Harrison. Over 2 million copies of Lawrence Block's books are in print. He has published articles and short fiction in American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, GQ, and The New York Times, and has published several collections of short fiction in book form, most recently Collected Mystery Stories.

Block is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times, the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe award. In France, he was proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has been awarded the Societe 813 trophy twice. Block was presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana, and is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America.

(Bowker Author Biography)