Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #4. "When Lawrence Block is in his Matthew Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there's no degree of difference" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended "Icepick Prowler," freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed an eighth victim attributed to him. The relentless detective Matthew...

When ex-policeman and recovering alcoholic Matthew Scudder is stalked by a psychotic killer who murders, one by one, Scudders' friends and acquaintances, his fate hinges on the survival of a glamorous call girl.

While staking out a New Jersey hotel to catch a cheating husband, private eye Stanley Hastings instead finds the man murdered and becomes the prime suspect.

"What's wrong with me?" is the thought that crosses Stanley Hastings's mind when he gets his first paying client. Stanley has absolutely no interest in being a P.I., but hey, he needs to pay the bills. The novice P.I.'s first victim … um … client is Marvin Nickleson, an ex-husband on the rampage. Stanley's first job seems easy-just get a picture of Nickleson's ex-wife with another man-until … well … he finds her DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. The murder...

Three Men Out is a captivating collection of three Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, featuring the iconic detective and his wisecracking assistant, Archie Goodwin, as they solve complex mysteries filled with clever twists and high-stakes intrigue. The stories - Invitation to Murder, The Zero Clue, and This Won't Kill You - each showcase Wolfe's deductive brilliance and Archie's resourceful charm. In Invitation to Murder, Wolfe faces a family entangled...

Detective Nero Wolfe attempts to find the murderer of Manhattan society member Noreen James and finds more people with a motive and no alibi than he ever planned to investigate.

Hired to collect evidence for a celebrity divorce case, cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington finds himself having to defend his honor when the person he is investigating is murdered.

"For two years, private investigator Jake Helman has battled powerful supernatural forces at great physical and emotional cost to himself. He's stopped a serial killer who collected the souls of his victims, destroyed a mutant octopus god, battled zonbies [sic] on a Caribbean island, and stood toe to toe with angels and demons. If Jake has learned one thing, it's that he can't run from his past. New York City lies in ruins in the wake of Jake's battle...

Private investigator Matthew Scudder searches for the missing link between two horrific crimes--the rape-murder of wealthy Amanda Thurman and a snuff film involving a young homeless boy.

While investigating the murder of a yuppie lawyer, Scudder is forced to take an unsparing look at his own dark side.