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Member Since: Sep. 17, 2011
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Lawrence Block


Biography

Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for half a century. His most recent novels are A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF, featuring Matthew Scudder, and GETTING OFF, starring a very naughty young woman. Several of his books have been filmed, although not terribly well. He's well known for his books for writers, including the classic TELLING LIES FOR FUN & PROFIT, and THE LIAR'S BIBLE. In addition to prose works, he has written episodic television (TILT!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS. He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.

Where to find Lawrence Block online

Website: http://www.lawrenceblock.com
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Books

A Long Line of Dead Men    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 95250 words. Published on February 16, 2012. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Matthew Scudder investigates a secret, private club in Manhattan whose members suddenly start dying, when it becomes obvious that someone is trying to kill them all.
A Walk Among the Tombstones    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 100370 words. Published on February 16, 2012. Fiction.
The wife of Kheran Khoury, heroin wholesaler, is killed after he haggles over the price of her ransom. With the help of two computer geniuses, a streetwise punk, drug lords and his friend, ex-cop Scudder, they track the killers through the back streets of Brooklyn.
A Stab in the Dark    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 53570 words. Published on February 16, 2012. Fiction.
Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended "Icepick Prowler," freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed Barbara Ettinger Matthew Scudder believes him. But the trail to Ettinger's true murderer is twisted, dark and dangerous...and even colder than the almost decade-old corpse the p.i. is determined to avenge.
Generally Speaking: a philatelic patchwork    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 52240 words. Published on December 24, 2011. Nonfiction.
In the summer of 2009, bestselling novelist Lawrence Block began contributing a monthly column to Linn's Stamp News which quickly became one of that magazine's most popular features. Wide-ranging in topic and written with Block's unmistakable verve, this collection of the first 25 columns is a must for anyone interested in "the King of Hobbies and the Hobby of Kings."
The Night and The Music    by Lawrence Block
Price: $4.99 USD. 66750 words. Published on September 29, 2011. Fiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
Besides the 17 novels that began with 1975’s The Sins of the Fathers, Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder has appeared in shorter fiction, and all 11 novelettes, short stories, and vignettes are here in a single rich volume. Highlights include “Mick Ballou Looks at the Blank Screen,” and the moving and elegaic “One Last Night at Grogan’s,” published here for the first time ever.
Three in the Side Pocket    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 4390 words. Published on September 26, 2011. Fiction.
From the title, “Three in the Side Pocket,” you might expect a story about a game of pool. Similarly, the story’s lead character expects to find a pool table when he walks into a bar called The Side Pocket. But I hope you wont be disappointed to discover that it’s people who carom off the rails and drop out of sight in this nasty little story of a badger game gone wrong.
Welcome to the Real World    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 6440 words. Published on September 25, 2011. Fiction.
"Welcome to the Real World" is a golf story. I don't play golf, but I have to say I love golf stories. This one appeared in an Otto Penzler anthology but hasn't been collected, and won't be until I put together a collection of new stories, and that may not happen for a while. So it's my pleasure to make it available for the eWorld.
Who Knows Where It Goes    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 5130 words. Published on September 25, 2011. Fiction.
“Who Knows Where It Goes” appeared in Ellery Queen in January 2010, inspired by the cratering of the world economy two years earlier. It’s a story of hard times, and how a resourceful man can adapt to them…and how such a man might explore his own capabilities, and find out if what he once did is something he still can do. The title is from a song by the remarkable Junior Burke.
Dolly's Trash and Treasures    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 4890 words. Published on September 25, 2011. Fiction.
“Dolly’s Trash and Treasures” was written for an original audio anthology, The Sounds of Crime, published in the UK. The story’s only print appearance to date has been in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Dolly, as you’ll see, is a person who finds it hard to let go of those things she holds dear. . .
Keller in Dallas    by Lawrence Block
Price: $1.99 USD. 12730 words. Published on September 25, 2011. Fiction.
I’ve published four novels about Keller, a wistful and introspective urban-lonely-guy who earns his living as a killer for hire. “Keller in Dallas” takes place after the events in Hit & Run, which saw Keller living in New Orleans under the name Nicholas Edwards. It’s a complete story, but it will serve as the opening episode of a fifth Keller novel.
A Chance to Get Even    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 4600 words. Published on September 25, 2011. Fiction.
A Chance to Get Even is a story about a friendly poker game that takes an unfriendly turn. It was originally published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and has not appeared anywhere else since.
The Burglar Who Dropped In On Elvis    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 5960 words. Published on September 19, 2011. Fiction.
Bernie Rhodenbarr, light-hearted and light-fingered bookseller, is featured in ten novels. This is one of four short stories in which he stars. He's on the job in Memphis, enlisted by a supermarket tabloid to obtain photos of Elvis's off-limits bedroom on the second floor of Graceland. A locked-room mystery with the Bernie Rhodenbarr touch...
The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 7960 words. Published on September 19, 2011. Fiction.
“The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke” features Bernie Rhodenbarr, the lighthearted and lightfingered hero of ten mystery novels. I suppose it’s inevitable that a burglar should star in a classic locked-room mystery story. Bernie’s in another as well, “The Burglar Who Dropped In On Elvis.”
Catch and Release    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 5420 words. Published on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
"Catch & Release" was written for and appeared in STORIES, the anthology edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio. It's a very dark tale with an articulate and introspective narrator, and if you don't like to spend time at the intersection of Sex and Violence, it's probably not something you'll enjoy. The lead character, as the title suggests, is a fisherman.
In For A Penny    by Lawrence Block
Price: $0.99 USD. 2590 words. Published on September 18, 2011. Fiction.
“In For a Penny” was written in response to a late–1990s invitation from the BBC. Could I provide a noir story to be read over the radio? It's the somber story of a man living alone in a furnished room in Manhattan's Chelsea, just trying to get through the days. He does all right for a while. But in the noir universe, "all right" is never more than temporary...

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