Author: Lawrence Block Year: 1984 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Crime, Short Stories
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ISBNs: 9780380715756 0380715759 |
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An unwelcome visitor shares terrifying secrets with a stranger at an isolated fishing hole. Two men concoct a convoluted Hitchcockian murder plot... only to discover death is far more gruesome and permanent than it appears on-screen. An aspiring assassin has a close encounter with his idol. Lawrence Block is at his sinister best in eighteen tales of drifters, grifters, and sweet revenge that are darkly comic, chillingly clever, and sharp as a razor edge.
Sometimes they bite The Ehrengraf defense Strangers on a handball court Like a dog in the street A bad night for burglars Nothing short of highway robbery One thousand dollars a word The gentle way The Ehrengraf obligation When this man dies Collecting Ackermans The Dettweiler solution Funny you should ask Like a thief in the night Going through the motions This crazy business of ours And miles to go before I sleep Out the window.
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