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Even the Wicked (Matthew Scudder, Bk 13) (Large Print)
Even the Wicked - Matthew Scudder, Bk 13 - Large Print Author:Lawrence Block New York's a tough town. Hard to impress. Shrugs off hype, casts a cold eye on glitz. But once in a blue moon a killer with street smarts and a sense of theater will reach out and take the city by the throat. Maybe he'll write letters to a popular tabloid columnist, proclaiming himself the answer to a failed criminal justice system. Mayb... more »e he'll point a finger at the kind of villain the law can't touch. A child killer who got off on a technicality, say. A top mobster with decades of blood on his hands. A rabble-rouser who incites others to murder. Maybe he'll sign himself "Will, " as in "The Will of the People." Then suppose he takes aim at a respectable lawyer, a defense attorney with a roster of unpopular clients. Suppose the lawyer's a friend of Matt Scudder. Scudder is New York to the bone. He's as tough as the big town itself, as hard to impress. And now he's up against the self-styled "Will of the People" in a city with eight million ways to die, a city where not just the good guys but even the wicked get worse than they deserve.« less
This is yet another interesting page turner from Block about several murders. One killer I figured out, but the others were a surprise to me. I did think there was a bit more filler than necessary.