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A drop of the hard stuff a Matthew Scudder novel

After a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery--and get him killed in the process.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Block, Lawrence
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Scudder, Matt (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Private investigators > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Alcoholics > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Mystery fiction > New York.
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Summary:	After a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery--and get him killed in the process.
Physical Description:	319 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780316127332 (hbk.) 0316127337 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Lawrence Block is the author of the popular series' featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, and Chip Harrison. Over 2 million copies of Lawrence Block's books are in print. He has published articles and short fiction in American Heritage, Redbook, Playboy, GQ, and The New York Times, and has published several collections of short fiction in book form, most recently Collected Mystery Stories. Block is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards four times, the Japanese Maltese Falcon award twice, as well as the Nero Wolfe award. In France, he was proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has been awarded the Societe 813 trophy twice. Block was presented with the key to the city of Muncie, Indiana, and is a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America. (Bowker Author Biography)