Out on the Cutting Edge
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HarperCollins · Ebook · October 13, 2009
This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams.
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- Who it’s for
- A private-eye search through Hell’s Kitchen brings New York’s hard edges into close view.
- Themes
- Urban disillusionment, Missing-person investigation, Love and death
- Genres
- Hard-Boiled Mystery, Private Eye Fiction, Crime Fiction
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This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams. Matthew Scudder understands the futility of his search for a longtime missing Midwestern innocent who wanted to be an actress in the vast meat-grinder called New York City. But her frantic father heard that Schudder is the best—and now the ex-cop-turned-p.i. is scouring the hell called Hell's Kitchen looking for anything that might resemble a lead.
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And in this neighborhood of the lost, he's finding love—and death—in the worst possible places.
Noir in the City
A private-eye search through Hell’s Kitchen brings New York’s hard edges into close view.
Come here for
- A hard-boiled mystery rooted in a city of lost dreams
- A private eye working a case with love and death close by
Expect
- A search for a long-missing aspiring actress
- A gritty New York backdrop, not a comfortable one
Where it sits
| Private Eye Fiction | 88% |
|---|---|
| Hard-Boiled Mystery | 63% |
| Crime Fiction | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Hard-Boiled Mystery
- Police Procedurals
- British Mystery
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- International Crime Fiction
- Private Eye Fiction
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Suspense
- Authors
- Lawrence Block
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Urban disillusionment · Missing-person investigation · Love and death
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction