by Lawrence Block · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781857997248
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«When the Sacred Ginmill Closes» is the mystery novel by Lawrence Block, published by Phoenix in paperback (264 pages, in English).
Matt Scudder witnesses a robbery in a speakeasy; the Morrissey brothers, owners of the establishment, want him to investigate on his own without notifying the police. Meanwhile, a robbery with murder on the outskirts leaves a friend of Scudder in need of an unbreakable alibi, and another witness asks him to investigate the death of his wife.
Sixth installment in the Matt Scudder series. Originally published in 1986, it won the Falcon Award and was nominated for the Anthony and the Shamus in 1987.
For readers of crime fiction and hard-boiled, fans of the Matt Scudder series and of crime fiction set in New York.
Lawrence Block is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994. Block has written in the genres of crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century, releasing over 100 books.
