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 Sins of the Fathers - Lawrence Block
 Sins of the Fathers - Lawrence Block ... The prime suspect dies and NYPD consider the case closed, but Scudder looks into the death for the girl's father. Suddenly he's up to his neck in sleaze and corruption in a world where children must pay for their parents' sins.Newest Review: ... to the murder. The father is more interested in his daughter’s life before her death as he lost contact with her years ... more ... previously. Once Scudder begins to uncover what happened the truth does not prove as simple as the police surmised. It seems that there was more involved here than meets the eye. Scudder must pick through the testimony of survivors and deal with the corrupt police force if he is ever going to uncover the real 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 ...more |
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Sins of the Fathers - Lawrence Block: It's a Sin! (746 words)
by - written on 01/05/07 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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The private investigator genre is pretty much flooded with identical books. The lead character is male and must be a former police officer who became depressed with the work. Once this is established the author must give the PI some sort of substance abuse problem and a broken family – a divorced wife and perhaps a couple of kids they never see. It seems to me that the vast majority of PI books will follow these rules and perhaps throw in a couple of variations to spice things up; a former solider (Elvis Cole books), a female, or even a dinosaur in disguise (Anonymous Rex)! By changing small elements to the basic PI structure authors are hoping to keep their ... Read the complete review
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