A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316127318)

Facing his demons in his first year of sobriety, Matthew Scudder finds himself on the trail of a killer. When Scudder's childhood friend Jack Ellery is murdered, presumably while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder reluctantly begins his own investigation, with just one lead: Ellery's Alcoholics Anonymous list of people he wronged. One of them may be a killer, but that's not necessarily Scudder's greatest danger. Immersing himself in Ellery's world may lead him right back to the bar stool.

In a novel widely celebrated by critics and readers, Lawrence Block circle back to how it all began, reestablishing the Matthew Scudder series as one of the pinnacles of American detective fiction.

Right up there with Mr. Block's best . . . A Drop of Hard Stuff keeps us guessing. -- Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

Author: Lawrence Block
ISBN-10: 0316127310
ISBN-13: 9780316127318
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2012
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d

About the Author
Lawrence Block is a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master who has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards and countless international prizes. The author of more than 50 books, he lives in New York City.