Lawrence Block: 187 books

The basis of the recent film starring Liam Neeson, A Walk Among the Tombstones is Matthew Scudder's tenth appearance. He's hired by a drug dealer whose wife has been savagely murdered, and Scudder's pursuit of the faceless killers leads him on a chase through Manhattan and Brooklyn, with an unforgettable...

Some years ago, Lawrence Block wrote a successful series of books on various aspects of human sexual behavior. This volume is an examination, through case histories and interviews, of female bisexuality. One of this book's six versatile ladies sums it up like this: "When we first...

Some years ago, Lawrence Block wrote a successful series of books on various aspects of human sexual behavior. This volume is an examination, through a single detailed case history, of a marriage given over to the exchange of sexual partners. This was John Warren Wells' first book for Dell,...

Shadows, which was not only the debut of Jill Emerson but my own very first novel, is the story of a young woman, Jan Marlowe, who comes to New York fresh out of college, takes an apartment in the Bohemian neighborhood of Greenwich Village, and seeks to find herself—and specifically to come to terms...

Fall 2017 edition of Mystery Tribune Magazine is a must-have! The issue features short fiction from iconic voices such as Lawrence Block to literary favorites including Angel Luis Colón. A curated collection of the photography from European and American artists, along with essays, book reviews...

« Ce livre vous mettra une grande beigne entre les oreilles. Il est formidable ! » —Publishers Weekly « Vous fait l’effet d’une dose de sels et pique comme de l’iode. » —Kirkus Reviews Dans ce thriller militaire noir écrit au début de sa longue carrière, Lawrence Block raconte l'histoire...

Ein packender Kurzroman über abrupte Enden und Neuanfänge aus der Feder des legendären Autors von »Ruhet in Frieden - A Walk Among the Tombstones«. Als der Reisende Bill einen Aushang im Fenster eines Restaurants sieht, greift er nach seiner Tasche und steigt spontan aus dem Bus aus. Eine...

"MWA Grand Master Block (The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons) adds a generous dollop of eroticism to this ingeniously plotted study in criminality and corruption. Divorced and retired New York cop Doak Miller has moved to a small Florida town and arranged to work as a semiofficial undercover operator...

Here you go—the first collaborative effort for Sheldon Lord and Alan Marshall...with cover art by the great Paul Rader! When Don Westlake and I were starting out as writers, we both served an apprenticeship writing erotic novels for Harry Shorten at Midwood Books and Bill Hamling at Nightstand....

When Don Westlake and I were starting out as writers, we both served an apprenticeship writing erotic novels for Harry Shorten at Midwood Books and Bill Hamling at Nightstand. (I was Sheldon Lord for Midwood and Andrew Shaw for Nightstand, while Don was Alan Marshall for both publishers. Note though...

“A pleasing variety of Manhattan neighborhoods come to life in Block’s solid anthology. . . . The writing is of a high order and a nice mix of styles.” —Publishers Weekly New York City’s main borough becomes the centerpiece for a collection of noir tales that celebrates its appeal,...

Based on Lawrence Block's extremely popular seminar for writers. Discover Block's tips for overcoming writer's block and unleashing your creativity.

I'd no sooner finished CARLA, my first book for Midwood Tower, than Harry Shorten asked for another. I'd just returned to Antioch College, where after two years as an undistinguished student I'd dropped out for a year to hang on to a summer job at Scott Meredith's literary agency and bucket shop....

Keller ist ein Killer. Durch und durch Profi, cool, selbstsicher, kompetent, zuverlässig. Aber er ist auch eine vielschichtige Persönlichkeit: in sich gekehrt und zurückgezogen, eiskalt und gnadenlos effizient, aber zugleich anfällig für Selbstzweifel und Einsamkeit, Albträume und Zukunftssorgen....