Small Town - Large Print Author:Lawrence Block That was the thing about New York -- if you loved it, if it worked for you, it ruined you for anyplace else in the world. —
John Blair Creighton, a writer on the verge of a breakthrough;
Francis Buckram, a charismatic ex?police commissioner -- and the inside choice for the next mayor -- on the verge of a breakdown;
Susan P... more »omerance, a beautiful, sophisticated folk-art dealer plumbing the depths of her own fierce sexuality;
Maury Winters, a defense attorney who prefers murder trials because there's one less witness;
Jerry Pankow, an ex-addict who has turned being clean into a living, mopping up after New York's nightlife;
And, in the shadows of a city reeling from tragedy, an unlikely killing machine who wages a one-man war against them all.« less