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A review by jswriter
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse: A Matthew Scudder Crime Novel by Lawrence Block
4.0
Whenever Fall comes around, I find myself in the mood for a Matthew Scudder story from Lawrence Block. Maybe it has to do with the chilly air, makes me think of the cold, unfeeling New York in Block's novels.
This one is a darker one than most. Scudder is his usual dependable self, walking the straight and narrow (for the most part) because no one else seems to want to. On the trail of one suspect, he comes across a grisly case he'd put on the back burner. There's a little more Deus Ex Machina than I'm used to in Block's work, so this takes the story down a little for me. However, I'd still recommend this one.
This one is a darker one than most. Scudder is his usual dependable self, walking the straight and narrow (for the most part) because no one else seems to want to. On the trail of one suspect, he comes across a grisly case he'd put on the back burner. There's a little more Deus Ex Machina than I'm used to in Block's work, so this takes the story down a little for me. However, I'd still recommend this one.