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A Candle for the Bag Lady by Lawrence Block

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A Candle for the Bag Lady

The Matthew Scudder Series (Related to this series)

Author
Lawrence Block
Narrator
Lawrence Block
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 December 2012
Run Time
1 hour 8 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Thriller / suspense fiction
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What to expect

Matthew Scudder investigates the brutal murder of a woman known as the "bag lady." A seemingly homeless woman, she turns out to have distributed her substantial wealth in a complex will naming random strangers. Where did the money come from? Why was she living in such reduced circumstances? And why in the world did she choose these beneficiaries—the owner of a local newspaper stand, a neighbor she rarely spoke to, the detective himself—when her real friends and acquaintances got nothing at all? And how is all this linked to her murder?

Critics Review

  • “Block relishes backing us into the darkest, most frightening corners of the mind [and] makes it all but impossible to bail out until the terrible, twisted end.”

    People, praise for the series

  • “One of the very best writers now working the beat…Block has done something new and remarkable with the private eye novel.”

    Wall Street Journal, praise for the series

  • “When Lawrence Block is in his Matt Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there’s no degree of difference.”

    Philadelphia Inquirer, praise for the series

  • “Lawrence Block’s novels are as good as the crime thriller gets.”

    San Diego Union-Tribune, praise for the author

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Details
Author
Lawrence Block
Narrator
Lawrence Block
Duration
1 hour 8 minutes
Release Date
1 December 2012
ISBN
9781620643365
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Thriller / suspense fiction

Synopsis

Matthew Scudder investigates the brutal murder of a woman known as the "bag lady." A seemingly homeless woman, she turns out to have distributed her substantial wealth in a complex will naming random strangers. Where did the money come from? Why was she living in such reduced circumstances? And why in the world did she choose these beneficiaries—the owner of a local newspaper stand, a neighbor she rarely spoke to, the detective himself—when her real friends and acquaintances got nothing at all? And how is all this linked to her murder?

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