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Title: A Ticket To The Boneyard: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0-380-70994-5 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (14 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A Ticket to the Boneyard
Comment: In A Ticket to the Boneyard Matthew Scudder is a former New York detective who left because he had a drinking problem. He is involved with a hooker called Elaine. They get into some trouble because of a man Elaine was involved with, James Leo Motley. Parts of the book explain the problems and results in drinking. It also describes the difficulty the main character, Matt, deals with the problem of drinking. Motley was not a normal customer of Elaine; he was new but caused trouble. The story starts out telling the life story about Matt and how he got involved with the hooker, Elaine and the man she was in trouble with. Then it goes to tell how Motley was put in jail, but before he can go he vows to revenge the man who puts him in jail. Motley was in for a number of years and yet he still remembers his vow. His vengeance toward the man who put him into jail encourages him to harm innocent people. The whole book is talks about how Matt and Elaine are scared of Motley and searching for him. Most of the time Matt is plays detective to find Motley and to protect Elaine from any danger from Motley. Although Matt is not a detective anymore he uses some of the skills he acquired and he goes searching around the city of New York for Motley after he got out of jail.
This book was written quite well and people. Although the descriptions of some people and some details do not help as much as other descriptions; the book does paint a good picture of the deaths. The details of how people were killed gave a nice description of how everything came together and how each event occurred in order. Like the saying "Never judge a book by its covers." It is part of what this book is like. The cover changes every once in a while yet it helps depicts what kind of story this is. When I first saw the cover of the book, I thought the book was going to be about a murderer and its victims. But when I finished reading the book it was not close to how the cover depicted the book to be like. I enjoyed his book very much. Some times it put me at the edge of my seat reading faster to find out what was going to occur next. Although there were not many exciting parts it was deep in learning one kind of problems a former detective. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy a nice murder story before they go to bed. Sometime there are scary parts, which you want to put down the book but it is so interesting that you rather finish the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Who Let the Psycho Out?
Comment: It would seem that Matt Scudder bought his ticket to the boneyard when he was instrumental in putting away James Leo Motley for aggravated assault. It turns out that Motley is rather psychotic and tends to hold a grudge before violently acting on it. And now that he's out of prison, Scudder's on top of his hit list, as is just about anyone remotely friendly to him.
In between trips to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Scudder desperately tries to convince the police that Motley is a deranged killer and is responsible for a few of the latest deaths around town. Motley, however, is clever enough to provide no provable evidence for Scudder to give the police. So in the end, it looks as though it will have to come down to a man on man confrontation.
Apart from being worried about being murdered by a psychopath, Scudder is also working hard on not taking a drink. This is something he works at throughout the book and is very important to his character's development.
Scudder is a very complex character who appears to be finally getting some sort of grip on his life. Although appearing to bumble his way through some situations he is able to stand up during the important moments. This is quite a good thriller that occasionally loses momentum while attending AA meetings.
Rating: 5
Summary: Now I am hooked on Block.
Comment: I was mildly entertained by Lawrence Block's "Even the Wicked." "A Walk Among the Tombstones" was gritty enough to get me to try my third Matthew Scudder: "A Ticket to the Boneyard."
Now I am hooked, and will read the entire series.
Scudder is an ex-NYPD cop...a flawed, complex, likeable, pragmatic character. Now an unlicensed PI, he investigates for his friends.
The plot in "Boneyard" roars along from page one with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing all the way. Not predictable. The villain is one of the most realistic, despicable and depraved I have run across.
Great hard-edged writing that leaps off the pages.
I am making Lawrence Block a priority.
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Title: Out on the Cutting Edge: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380709937 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380713748 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380715740 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block ISBN: 0380713756 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 November, 1993 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Devil Knows You're Dead by Lawrence Block ISBN: 038072023X Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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