The Cancelled Czech - Lawrence Block

Hit Man - Lawrence Block

will while away those lazy days waiting for the next button man to expunge. Could a book that concentrates on the blander sides of being an assassin work? Lawrence Block hopes to prove it can be done with Hit Man . John Keller waits by the phone from the call from Dot. Dot is the dispatch who tells him where to go and who to kill. Hit Man is a series of short stories about Keller and the different cases that he has been asked to execute. If you have the choice to kill the cheating husband or the lying wife who would you go for? Why not both of them? What happens when your psychiatrist tries to manipulate you when they discover you are a killer? A calm and ...

Hit Man - Lawrence Block

will while away those lazy days waiting for the next button man to expunge. Could a book that concentrates on the blander sides of being an assassin work? Lawrence Block hopes to prove it can be done with Hit Man . John Keller waits by the phone from the call from Dot. Dot is the dispatch who tells him where to go and who to kill. Hit Man is a series of short stories about Keller and the different cases that he has been asked to execute. If you have the choice to kill the cheating husband or the lying wife who would you go for? Why not both of them? What happens when your psychiatrist tries to manipulate you when they discover you are a killer? A calm and ...

Sins of the Fathers - Lawrence Block

reason the girl was murdered. Written during the 70s ‘The Sins of the Fathers’ is a quintessential PI novel. It is clear from the fist 10 pages why Lawrence Block’s character, Matt Scudder, has become one of the leading lights in the genre. The entire novel is underpinned with a great sense of noir and this is all due to the central character. Scudder is a walking cliché, but he was around to create the cliché. With a divorced wife, a drink problem and a former role as a police officer, he should be boring. However, Block clearly loves his characters (see the excellent Burglar series) and instils them with far more dimensions than you would at first believe. ...

Sins of the Fathers - Lawrence Block

reason the girl was murdered. Written during the 70s ‘The Sins of the Fathers’ is a quintessential PI novel. It is clear from the fist 10 pages why Lawrence Block’s character, Matt Scudder, has become one of the leading lights in the genre. The entire novel is underpinned with a great sense of noir and this is all due to the central character. Scudder is a walking cliché, but he was around to create the cliché. With a divorced wife, a drink problem and a former role as a police officer, he should be boring. However, Block clearly loves his characters (see the excellent Burglar series) and instils them with far more dimensions than you would at first believe. ...

Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block

There is a certain paradox with the title of the most recent book by Lawrence Block that I have read as I believe that burglars can in fact be quite choosey. To be successful in their chosen profession I assume that they must pick carefully which target would reap the largest rewards for the smallest risk. However, perhaps Block is commenting on the substance abuse that many thieves suffer from which forces them to rob so that they can get their next fix? Or maybe I am looking far too deeply into the title and Block just thought it sounded good? Bernie Rhodenbarr has been a burglar all his career and it is the only thing that he knows. So when he is offered $5000 to ...

Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block

There is a certain paradox with the title of the most recent book by Lawrence Block that I have read as I believe that burglars can in fact be quite choosey. To be successful in their chosen profession I assume that they must pick carefully which target would reap the largest rewards for the smallest risk. However, perhaps Block is commenting on the substance abuse that many thieves suffer from which forces them to rob so that they can get their next fix? Or maybe I am looking far too deeply into the title and Block just thought it sounded good? Bernie Rhodenbarr has been a burglar all his career and it is the only thing that he knows. So when he is offered $5000 to ...