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Out on the Cutting Edge

Name: Out on the Cutting Edge
ISBN: 9780061803994

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Lawrence Block

HarperCollins · Ebook · October 13, 2009

Reading lane: Hard-Boiled Mystery

This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams.

Police Procedurals Private Eye Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery short story

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Why This Clicks

Noir in the City

A private-eye search through Hell’s Kitchen brings New York’s hard edges into close view.

Come here for

A hard-boiled mystery rooted in a city of lost dreams
A private eye working a case with love and death close by

Expect

A search for a long-missing aspiring actress
A gritty New York backdrop, not a comfortable one

Book Details

Authors: Lawrence Block
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: October 13, 2009
Format: Ebook
Theme: Hard-Boiled Mystery · Private Eye Fiction
Reading lane: Hard-Boiled Mystery

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Literary Fiction
Hard-Boiled Mystery
Police Procedurals
British Mystery

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International Crime Fiction
Private Eye Fiction
Short Stories (Single Author)
Suspense

About This Book

This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams. Matthew Scudder understands the futility of his search for a longtime missing Midwestern innocent who wanted to be an actress in the vast meat-grinder called New York City. But her frantic father heard that Schudder is the best—and now the ex-cop-turned-p.i. is scouring the hell called Hell's Kitchen looking for anything that might resemble a lead. And in this neighborhood of the lost, he's finding love—and d...

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