In the Midst of Death
In the Midst of DeathLawrence Block

In the Midst of Death (1979)

Lawrence Block

Creators: Mixed

From the author of A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES - set to be a major Hollywood film - comes the third novel in the Matt Scudder series. When hard-drinking ex-cop Matt Scudder is roped into an NYPD internal investigation, one detective ends up in the slammer on a murder charge. Jerry seems as clean as the world would like him to be, but Scudder isn't too sure. After all, Jerry was only too keen to dish the dirt on his former colleagues as a way of saving his own skin... The third novel in the explosive Matt Scudder series from a master of the crime thriller genre.

ISBN:
9780060520960
Length:
199 pages

Genres: mystery , thriller

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Reviews2

Mixed

It was a bit lackluster, not quite as good as Time to Murder and Create. It had several of those. You know, one of the things I love in murder mysteries is I love when it's revealed what happened, and then you think back and you realize that the author laid the breadcrumbs for you.

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