Thomas F. (hardtack) -
This series deals with a lot of graphic, vicious crimes. I'm not sure why Block goes there, as he doesn't usually write this way in his other series. If that type of description bothers you, it's probably best to skip this series. Still, the story of how Scudder solves the crimes is interesting.
I've gotten so I've been skipping to the back of the books to see what happens so I can feel less tension while I'm reading them. If I wasn't a Block fan I'd probably not read this series. Plus, it doesn't help that I have seven more books in this series sitting in a pile at my house.
I've gotten so I've been skipping to the back of the books to see what happens so I can feel less tension while I'm reading them. If I wasn't a Block fan I'd probably not read this series. Plus, it doesn't help that I have seven more books in this series sitting in a pile at my house.
Pamela M. (Pyan) reviewed A Walk Among the Tombstones (Matthew Scudder, Bk 10) on + 106 more book reviews
In "Tombstones," a drug dealer whose wife was kidnapped and hideously murdered hires Scudder to track down the perpetrators. Scudder quickly discovers that the deed was the work of a team of serial killers who have decided to turn their "fun" into profit. Like most novels in the Scudder series, this one is dark and obssessed with death. It seems that even as the alcoholic Scudder gets more of a firm handle on his sobriety and his life, his cases get uglier.
April D. (knittymama) reviewed A Walk Among the Tombstones (Matthew Scudder, Bk 10) on + 424 more book reviews
A woman is kidnapped. Her husband is a heroin dealer. He responds to the kidnappers demands and pays to get her back..in pieces. Ex-cop Matthew Scudder must try to save her. Exciting, ruthess, suspenseful.
Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed A Walk Among the Tombstones (Matthew Scudder, Bk 10) on + 1229 more book reviews
Hardcore-gritty-thriller from Block. I read this one because there is a new movie version of it that was just released starring Liam Neeson. Not sure the movie will live up to the book (they rarely do) because I thought this was an outstanding outing for Matt Scudder. I have read a few other Scudder books (most recently In The Midst of Death) and I have to say this is probably the best so far. In this one, Scudder is called in to try to locate a pair of sex killers who kidnapped a drug dealer's wife and then after receiving the ransom, sexually mutilated and killed her. Scudder has little to go on but with the help of a street-smart kid, TJ, a couple of young phone hackers, the Kong brothers, and piecing together other similar crimes, he is able to get to the bottom of who the killers are. The novel is very graphic in describing the sex mutilations of the killers and overall an engrossing read. This book was written in 1992 and does show its age in some ways. For example, there was no caller ID which could have aided in identifying the killers and computer hackers were relatively unknown! Even given this, I would highly recommend this one and will be looking forward to the movie.
