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A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder, #17)

A Drop of the Hard Stuff

Penned By Lawrence Block
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A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder, #17)

A Drop of the Hard Stuff

Penned By Lawrence Block
4.85 20,308 Ratings
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Editor's Note:
Facing his demons in his first year of sobriety, Matthew Scudder finds himself on the trail of a killer. When Scudder's childhood friend Jack Ellery is murdered, presumably while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder reluctantly begins his own investigation, with just one lead: Ellery's Alcoholics Anonymous list of people he wronged. One of them may be a killer, but that's not necessarily Scudder's greatest danger. Immersing himself in Ellery's world may lead him right back to the bar stool.In a novel widely celebrated by critics and readers, Lawrence Block circle back to how it all began, reestablishing the Matthew Scudder series as one of the pinnacles of American detective fiction.

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Length 319 Pages
Language Eng
Released May 12, 2011
Identifier (ISBN) 9547675
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Lawrence Block is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Lawrence Block can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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