Another solid entry in the Matt Scudder series. I have really enjoyed these gritty crime novels from Block. This is the fourteenth in the series and I have read all of them up to this point; only three left to go!
This one is really Mick Ballou's story; Mick is Matt's mobster friend who owns a bar (under someone else's name) and who Matt enjoyed shooting the shit with, some of it quite bloody shit. The story starts out with two of Mick's cohorts getting shot and killed when they went to one of Mick's storage areas to get a load of booze. But who and why would someone coldbloodedly kill them? The booze is stolen but is it really worth two lives. Then Matt appears to be in someone's gunsights resulting in the tragic death of one of his best friends. And then Mick's bar is attacked resulting in more death and destruction. Based on Matt's recall of seeing a face, Mick comes to realize who is after him â the son of old enemy who Mick killed over 30 years ago. So how can Mick get even and will he and Matt come through this alive?
This was really one of the more bloody books in the series with many deaths along the way. The title is very apropos "Everybody Dies"; well almost everybody! Another high recommendation for this series.
This one is really Mick Ballou's story; Mick is Matt's mobster friend who owns a bar (under someone else's name) and who Matt enjoyed shooting the shit with, some of it quite bloody shit. The story starts out with two of Mick's cohorts getting shot and killed when they went to one of Mick's storage areas to get a load of booze. But who and why would someone coldbloodedly kill them? The booze is stolen but is it really worth two lives. Then Matt appears to be in someone's gunsights resulting in the tragic death of one of his best friends. And then Mick's bar is attacked resulting in more death and destruction. Based on Matt's recall of seeing a face, Mick comes to realize who is after him â the son of old enemy who Mick killed over 30 years ago. So how can Mick get even and will he and Matt come through this alive?
This was really one of the more bloody books in the series with many deaths along the way. The title is very apropos "Everybody Dies"; well almost everybody! Another high recommendation for this series.
In spite of plenty of action, the book's still a leisurely read.
But Block is a master at capturing a certain aspect of the people and moods of NYC.
But Block is a master at capturing a certain aspect of the people and moods of NYC.
solid mystery
