Eight Million Ways to Die » (25th Anniversary Edition)

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #5. "For those who yearn to walk those mean streets, no one provides a more satisfactory stroll than Lawrence Block" (The San Diego Union-Tribune).

A frightened hooker named Kim asked private investigator Matthew Scudder to help her get out of "the Life." Now she's dead, slashed to ribbons in a high-rise hotel.

New York Times Book Review

''Eight Million Ways to Die'' is splendid as a murder mystery, playing fair with the reader in almost every paragraph, and equally good as a treatise on the sociological pits. But much of its tension and most of its tears derive from character....''Eight Million Ways to Die'' is first-rate in all the ways I remember how to count.