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Bezig met laden... Time to Murder and Create (1976)door Lawrence Block
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. ExpolicÃa, alcohólico y detective privado en Hells Kitchen, Nueva York. Nada puede ir peor en la vida de Matthew Scudder hasta que Giros, un pequeño delincuente de barrio, le pide un sencillo favor: que le guarde un sobre y que solo lo abra en el caso de que le suceda algo malo.Sin darle mayor importancia Scudder acepta, ya que nada le hace sospechar que poco después recibirá una preocupante noticia: Giros se ha convertido en comida para peces. ¿Tendrá algo que ver su asesinato con el contenido del sobre? ¿Correrá Scudder el mismo peligro? geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Matthew Scudder (2) Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)Etiqueta Negra (114) Is opgenomen inPrijzen
Fiction.
Mystery.
Small-time stoolie Jake "The Spinner" Jablon made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers from informer to blackmailer. And the more clients, he figured, the more money—and the more people eager to see him dead. So he's greedy but scared, and he turns to his old acquaintance Matthew Scudder, who used to pay him for information back in Scudder's days as a cop. Scudder's his insurance policy—if anything happens to The Spinner, Scudder can check up on the people who wanted him dead. No one is too surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River with his skull bashed in. Blackmail's a dangerous business. What's worse, no one cares—except Matthew Scudder. The unofficial private eye is no conscientious avenging angel. But he's willing to risk his own life and limb to confront Spinner's most murderously aggressive marks. A job's a job, after all, and Scudder's been paid to find a killer—by the victim—in advance. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Another tight well written story, that fills in some of the back story that I'd never found out.
Matt is still a drinker, is out of the police and working out of the bar. "The Spinner" pays Matt to investigate should he ever die, and after 10 weeks of regular contact, it all goes quiet. Matt takes over the three people The Spinner was blackmailing, and tries to work out who had enough motive and will to have him killed.
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