Lawrence Block
Paperback | Pages: 292 pages Rating: 4.15 | 3125 Users | 188 Reviews
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| Original Title: | A Ticket to the Boneyard |
| ISBN: | 0752837478 (ISBN13: 9780752837475) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Matthew Scudder #8 |
| Literary Awards: | Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel (1991), Shamus Award Nominee for Best PI Hardcover (1991), Falcon Award (1992) |
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Matt Scudder put the brilliant and elusive James Leo Motley behind bars - for good, or so he hoped. Because Motley went down swearing revenge on Scudder and anyone who knew him. Twelve years later, Motley is out and giving his psychopathic tendencies free rein. No one is safe, friends, lovers and even strangers unfortunate enough to share the Scudder name. Each step in the resulting grisly dance takes the Big Apple PI one step further away from Al-Anon and one step nearer to death.Mention Based On Books A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder #8)
| Title | : | A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder #8) |
| Author | : | Lawrence Block |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 292 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2000 by Orion (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Detective |
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Ratings: 4.15 From 3125 Users | 188 ReviewsCriticism Based On Books A Ticket to the Boneyard (Matthew Scudder #8)
Back when Matt Scudder was a hard-drinking New York cop, he had a *ahem* special relationship with a high-class prostitute named Elaine. He helped her out with problems like taking care of a john who had the bad manners to die of a heart attack while in the middle of a transaction. In exchange, Elaine provided services for Matt. After Elaine was robbed, beaten and raped by a sadistic misogynist named John Leo Motley, she called Matt for help, and Scudder responded by getting Motley sent toMatt Scudder stands against a sadist that is too dark to describe. Block's writing style is really perfect for a nerve-wracking thriller. He describes everything in Scudder's life with the same reporterly tone; the reader supplies the emotion. Maybe it's a trick to make the fiction seem real, but it sure works for me. Great series.
"A Ticket To The Boneyard" is the eighth novel in Block's Matthew Scudder series. It is a terrific, page-turning thriller of a novel that can be read as part of the series or on its own as a standalone. I could easily see this one being made into a movie, perhaps costarring Michelle Pfeiffer as Elaine. This book contains something for everyone. There is the tenacious ex-police officer Scudder doggedly pursuing leads to a killer. There is the tender love story between Scudder and Elaine as they
A sick sonovabitch woman-hating torture-freak like James Leo Motley deserved to be behind bars. That's what NYPD cop Scudder thought twelve years ago whenwith the help of two whores' false testimonyhe framed him and sent him up the river to Dannemora. But now Motley is loose again, one of those whores has been tortured and murdered, and private eye Scudder has begin to fear for every woman he has ever loved.What I like best about this book is that Motley is so evil, and so gifted in everything
A sick sonovabitch woman-hating torture-freak like James Leo Motley deserved to be behind bars. That's what NYPD cop Scudder thought twelve years ago whenwith the help of two whores' false testimonyhe framed him and sent him up the river to Dannemora. But now Motley is loose again, one of those whores has been tortured and murdered, and private eye Scudder has begin to fear for every woman he has ever loved.What I like best about this book is that Motley is so evil, and so gifted in everything
9/10When I started this audiobook my first thought was, for Gods sake, not another narrator! this being the 7th book Ive listened to in the series and the 4th narrator. This soon passed though as the narrator really gelled with the story and characters and, to date, is my favourite narrator for this series. This is easily the best story in the series for me so far. Its hard to say why too, its not all that different in style or mystery to the others in the series but something really clicked and
Robust though not my favorite entry in the hardboiled Matt Scudder series. We watch the tenacious Matt's day-to-day grind to stay off the devil's rum in NYC. Violence only erupts at key points in the plot. Wonderful voice and setting. Worth re-reading, if time permits it.
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