#10 Matthew Scudder

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Lawrence Block
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Big-time dope dealer Kenan Khoury is a wealthy man, and it comes as no surprise when his wife Francine is kidnapped and a ransom demanded. Kenan pays up and his wife is duly returned to him - in small pieces left in the boot of an abandoned car, leaving private eye Matt Scudder to speculate on the motives of a very unusual kidnapper. Soon he is on the trail of a pair of ruthlessly sadistic psychopaths whose insanely cruel games have only just begun...
Genres: MysteryFictionCrimeThrillerDetectiveNoirMystery ThrillerSuspenseHard BoiledAudiobook
339 Pages

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