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“Dark, moody, and intelligent…a thriller for thinkers…Few
authors can create the textural terrain of a Block…Readers, go get his book. He
deserves your purchase, you deserve his gifts.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“Block has never been better.”
— New York Daily News
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“Highly successful and eminently readable…Block’s moody
page-turners depict a world that is all warts…The Devil Knows You’re Dead shows Scudder’s continuing appeal.”
— Chicago Sun-Times
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“No one familiar with contemporary American crime fiction
can be unaware of Lawrence Block and Matthew Scudder, his great addition to the
PI pantheon. The Devil Knows You’re Dead
is more of the same good thing.”
— Chicago Tribune
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“A grim and gritty New York City is as much a character as
the victim and the murderer in this excellent example of the detective noir…Block
plays fair with the reader, taking him along each step with patience and
intelligence. He draws a dramatic picture of New York, of the denizens of the
underside of the city, and of a man who is trying to make his own life make
sense in a senseless universe.”
— Dallas Morning News
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“When Lawrence Block is in his Matt Scudder mode, crime
fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there’s no degree of
difference.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
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“Lawrence Block’s novels are as good as the crime thriller
gets.”
— San Diego Union-Tribune
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“Block is better than almost anyone.”
— Atlanta Journal Constitution
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“Wry dialogue, appealing characters, and convincing New York
atmosphere…Block writes terrific stories…It’s always a kick to watch Scudder
work.”
— Orlando Sentinel
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“An intriguing mystery…as fresh and compelling a read as the
first in the series…In plot and character, this is a thriller written by a
master.”
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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“It is wonderful to know that Lawrence Block—with his street
smarts, his innate system of right and wrong, and his quirky vision of who we
all are—knocks the ball out of the park each time he’s at bat.”
— Detroit News
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“Mysteries of the heart eclipse those of the street in Matt
Scudder’s quietly compelling new case…loyalists…will hang on every word as
Scudder makes his fascinatingly uncertain way through an increasingly uncertain
world.”
— Kirkus Reviews