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Lawrence Block - MS15 Hope to Die.nfo
General Information
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Title: Hope to Die
Author: Lawrence Block
Read By: George Guidall
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 9 plus PARS and info
File Naming: Author - Title XXofYY.mp3
Bit Rate: 48 KB/s
Sample Rate: 44 KHz mono
Runtime: 09:57 h:m
Story
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Unlicensed PI Matthew Scudder returns after a three-year absence to
investigate the murder of a wealthy couple savagely slain in their Manhattan
townhouse. Matt's now 62, and his age shows in this relatively sedate
outing. There's less violence than in many cases past, and the urban
melancholy that pervaded his earlier tales has dissipated, replaced
by a mature reckoning with the unending cycle of life and death. The
mystery elements are strong. To the cops, the case is open-and-shut:
the perps have been found dead, murder/suicide, in Brooklyn, with loot
from the townhouse in their possession. Matt enters the scene when his
assistant, TJ, introduces him to the cousin of the dead couple's daughter;
the cousin suspects the daughter of having engineered the killings for
the inheritance. At loose ends, Matt digs in, quickly rejecting the
daughter as a suspect but uncovering evidence pointing to a mastermind
behind the murders. Block sounds numerous obligatory notes from Scudder
tales past the AA meetings, the tithing of Matt's income, cameo appearances
by Matt's love interest, Elaine, and his friend, Irish mobster Mick
Ballou and he adds texture with some familial drama involving Matt's
sons and ex-wife. His prose is as smooth as aged whiskey, as always,
and the story flows across its pages. It lacks the visceral edge and
heightened emotion of many previous Scudders, however, and the ending
seems patly aimed at a sequel. This is a solid mystery, a fine Block,
but less than exceptional.
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