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Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is the American crime writer whose Matt Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, and Keller hitman series have set the standard for New York detective fiction since the 1970s. Multiple Edgars, multiple Shamus awards, Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America.

Reviews

6

Books on file

6

Avg rating

4.3

Years active

2000-2005

Reviewed

Our reviews of Lawrence Block's work

The takes

What we have said about Lawrence Block

  • A Lawrence Block omnibus collecting Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, and Keller. The form on multiple registers in one volume.

  • Lawrence Block's collected short fiction. Eighty-plus stories. The case for Block as one of the most versatile American crime writers of his generation.

  • A Lawrence Block-edited anthology with stories from working crime novelists. Block's curatorial instincts at full power.

  • A Lawrence Block-edited Mystery Writers of America anthology. Original short fiction from the form's working professionals.

  • A Lawrence Block-edited Hitchcock Mystery Magazine retrospective. Years of polished short crime fiction with serious editorial selection.

  • A Lawrence Block 2003 ensemble novel set in post-9/11 New York. Multiple protagonists, a serial killer, and the city itself as the through-line.