Skip to main content
Digital Audiobook
Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block

Listen to a sample

00:00
00:00

Eight Million Ways to Die

The Matthew Scudder Series (Book 5)

Author
Lawrence Block
Narrator
Lawrence Block
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 January 2012
Run Time
9 hours 6 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
$13.95

Log in to see your price

Gift

What to expect

Battling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder—just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die.

Critics Review

  • “Superb…An exceptional novel…Remarkably rich in plot, character development, and crackling dialogue.”

    San Diego Union-Tribune

  • “Block’s latest novel is both a rousing private-eye story and an extended meditation on the whimsical ways of death—through freak accident, premeditated murder, and self-destruction…A magnificently plotted, sensitive portrayal of two kinds of death—the kind that comes as an intruder and the kind that comes as an invited guest.”

    Booklist (starred review)

  • “Lawrence Block writes a tight story. Not a lot of chaff. Scudder stumbles, Scudder falls, Scudder makes mistakes. He’s everyman trying to solve a murder. He is tenacious, amassing clues until he finally figures it out. Once a police officer, Matthew Scudder is a student of police procedure, and finding murderers as a PI (but not really a private detective; he has no license) is the same as finding them as a cop. Without the badge.”

    Voices.Yahoo.com

  • “By the end of the last [track], you can’t imagine anyone else impersonating Scudder.”

    AudioFile

User Reviews

No reviews yet.

Details
Author
Lawrence Block
Narrator
Lawrence Block
Duration
9 hours 6 minutes
Release Date
1 January 2012
ISBN
9781609988425
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives

Synopsis

Battling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder—just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die.

More from the same author

About xigxag

xigxag is an independent, UK-based audiobook platform and the UK's only B Corp certified audiobook company. We offer nearly 150,000 audiobooks, all with professional human narration. No AI-generated voices. xigxag is rated an Ethical Consumer Best Buy for audiobooks and a top-rated ethical bookshop.

There is no subscription. You buy the audiobooks you want, you own them permanently, and prices start at $13.95. The more you listen over the year, the less you pay per book, and there is always a selection in Listen for Less from $7.95. You can also send audiobooks as gifts using our audiobook gift cards or in-app gifting.

Every audiobook on xigxag has honest reviews covering both the book and the narration, and our community features make it easy to share what you are listening to, discover what others recommend, and find your next listen.

Download or stream on iOS, Android, or in your browser. Browse the full catalogue at xigxag.co.uk.