Martin Ehrengraf, the criminal defense attorney who takes cases on a contingency basis, made his debut in 1978; by 2003 he’d successfully demonstrated the innocence of ten clients. Now he’s back for the first time in almost a decade, in The...
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This is the third story about Martin H. Ehrengraf, the diminutive defense attorney who rarely sees the inside of a courtroom. In the preceding story, The Ehrengraf Presumption, he spells out his core principle thus:
“The Ehrengraf...
“A Chance to Get Even” is a story about a poker game. A friendly game-or at least that's how it starts out. I played in a friendly game for years, and still take a hand now and then, but the evenings I spent at the card table never turned out...
“Who Knows Where It Goes” is an uncollected short story that appeared in Ellery Queen in January 2010. It was inspired, of course, by the cratering of the world economy two years earlier. It's a story of hard times, and how a resourceful man can...
Lawrence Block's novels win awards, grace bestseller lists, and get made into films. His short fiction is every bit as outstanding, and this complete collection of his short stories establishes the extraordinary skill, power, and versatility of...
Один неудачный выстрел — и детективу Мэтту Скаддеру приходится уйти из полиции, а его жизнь, кажется, теряет всякий смысл.
Еще один...
Even before he invented Matthew Scudder and Bernie Rhodenbarr, Block was writing terrific thrillers such as this.
Johnny Hayden and his partner had the perfect scam selling worthless Canadian land to marks. The scam just has to work,...
Рассказ опубликован в журнале «Смена» № 4 (1098), 1973
“Some Things a Man Must Do”. Look for real “Enough Rope: Collected Stories” ...
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Всё началось с украденных на вокзале чемоданов с монограммой «ЛКБ» и появлении в жизни мелкого афериста Джо Марлина...