Lawrence Block,Sheldon Lord,Ben Christopher,Robert McGinnis
TWO COMPLETE NOVELS, PUBLISHED IN THE CLASSIC BACK-TO-BACK "DOUBLE" FORMAT!,69 BARROW STREET:,Greenwich Village: home to every form of depravity and perversion known to man...or woman.,Itâ€™s on the streets of the Village that Ralph met Stellaâ€”but what started as a love affair between a painter and his seductive muse has become torment as heâ€™s found himself drawn into her world of cruel pleasures. It's a tinderbox of hatred and desireâ€”and when beautiful Susan Rivers moves into their apartment building, tempting Ralph and Stella both, itâ€™s set to ignite.,From dim waterfront bars to the movie houses of Times Square, from nights in rat-trap hotel rooms to drug-fueled orgies in ground-floor apartments, no one can bring 1960s New York to life like Edgar Award winner Lawrence Block. And in this early tale of psychological suspenseâ€”unavailable for fifty years and never before published under his real nameâ€”readers will discover a harrowing portrait of men and women pushed to their limits and beyond. Itâ€™s a double shot of darkness as only Lawrence Block can deliver it.,STRANGE EMBRACE:,They say the show must go onâ€”but in the case of Broadwayâ€™s next sensation, A Touch of Squalor, someoneâ€™s out to make sure the show never opens. And when threats donâ€™t do the trick, a straight razor to the throat just might.,Itâ€™s a case for the NYPD...but with a mysterious killer targeting his cast, producer Johnny Lane canâ€™t just wait in the wings. Thereâ€™s a Playbill full of suspects, giving Johnny the casting challenge of his career: who to put in the role of murderer, when the wrong call could bring down the curtain on his showâ€”or his life!,Published here for the first time in half a centuryâ€”and the first time ever under the authorâ€™s real nameâ€”STRANGE EMBRACE is one of MWA Grand Master Lawrence Blockâ€™s earliest detective novels. And for fans of Blockâ€™s whodunits who want to see where it all began, itâ€™s cause for a standing ovation., Two complete novelsâ€”published for the first time in 50 years!, Each novel features a new afterword by the author, Block has won more awards for mystery fiction than almost any author in the genreâ€™s history, Each book features a new cover painting by the legendary Robert McGinnis
Fiction,Mystery,Crime,Pulp
69 Barrow Street; Strange Embrace (Hard Case Crime #69)