Une fois par an, en mai, 31 hommes, ou ce qu'il en reste, se réunissent dans un grand restaurant de new york pour dîner ensemble.
 Et lire la liste de leurs morts.  c'est là leur seule obligation.  le dernier membre de ce club, qui remonterait au roi salomon, a de plus pour tâche de recruter 30 autres hommes afin qu'à nouveau l'on se réunisse, et compte ses morts.  des morts qui sont justement bien nombreux dans cette dernière fournée.  alerté par lewis hildebrand, matt scudder décide de mener l'enquête.

Tous les hommes morts

The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.

Les Péchés des pères

Seit seinem Debüt von 1977 hat sich Bernie Rhodenbarr die Zuneigung eines wachsenden internationalen Publikums erworben. Der unbekümmerte Langfinger, der sich mit seiner detektivischen Begabung aus den Klemmen zieht, in die ihn sein Geschick als Einbrecher bringt, gewinnt mehr und mehr die Herzen seiner Leser. Titel ist sein erster Auftritt. Über Bernies Anfänge weiß Autor Lawrence Block zu berichten: "Ich war arbeitslos und auch für keine feste Arbeit geeignet", erinnert er sich. "Und ich wusste nicht, was tun. Selbst die einfachsten Jobs schienen Erfahrungen zu erfordern, die ich nicht hatte. Und dann sagte eine stille innere Stimme: >Schließe nicht von vorneherein das Verbrechen aus.< Wenn du einen Liquor Store ausraubst, will vorher niemand deine Bewerbungsunterlagen sehen. "Je länger ich darüber nachdachte, desto deutlicher wurde mir klar, dass Einbruch nicht die schlechteste Wahl war. Man bestimmt selbst über seine Arbeitszeiten, man versucht, jeden menschlichen Kontakt zu vermeiden - nicht viel anders als ein Schriftsteller. Und wenn man erwischt wird, bekommt man wahrscheinlich erst einmal Bewährung oder eine kurze Haftstrafe - außerdem müssen sie einen durchfüttern, wenn man im Gefängnis sitzt. "Dann dachte ich, na schön, ich werde erwischt und lasse mich widerstandslos festnehmen, aber dann findet einer der Cops im Zimmer nebenan eine Leiche. Das wäre natürlich ein Problem. Ich dachte . und mein nächster Gedanke war: "Nein, das wäre ein Buch." Eine Woche später hatte ich drei Kapitel und ein Resümee geschrieben und an meinen Agenten geschickt. Es wurde vom ersten Verleger, der es zu sehen bekam, angenommen, und ich musste nicht mehr losziehen und mir einen Job suchen - oder in eine Wohnung einbrechen. "Deshalb kann ich ohne Übertreibung behaupten, dass mich Bernie Rhodenbarr vor einem Leben als Verbrecher bewahrt hat."

Ein Einbrecher zum Verlieben - Bernie Rhodenbarr, #1

Sheesh. What a lousy title. Flesh Mob was published by Midnight Reader, a fellow imprint of Nightstand Books, in 1962. I can tell at a glance that it's my work, although I don't specifically recall writing it. And I must have put a title on it, but I  an assure you that it wasn't Flesh Mob. It could only have been the inspiration of some editor in Illinois. Several notables filled that role over the years, including Earl Kemp, A. J. Budrys, and Harlan Ellison, but it's hard to imagine any of those three making a eureka moment of Flesh Mob. For years it struck me as merely a bad title, two works that when combined had a sort of reverse synergy, amounting to rather less than the sum of their parts. Then just this week I looked at the title and saw that it could only be a pun on the phrase "flash mob." That still didn't make it a good title, but at least it gave it a lame reason for being. Except not. Because a little internet research shows that "flash mob" came into existence, as both phrase and concept, sometime shortly after the turn of the present century, and approximately forty years after my humble little novel first appeared wherever bad books were sold. AJ and Harlan and Earl were grounded in science fiction, but that's not enough to account for a title that was a pun on a phrase nobody would utter for another four decades. Never mind. The book's a multiple-viewpoint novel, with a rich cast of characters. Here's a sample of two of them:#"I'M LEAVING MATT, " Kitty said. Linc digested this bit of information. She searched his face, trying to decide whether he approved or disapproved. His face was a mask. She couldn't tell how he felt about it. "I'm leaving him, " she said again. "He didn't even come home last night. And the fact doesn't even bother me. There's not a thing left between us, Linc. Nothing at all. He can go his way and I can go mine and neither of us gives a whoop in hell about the other one. That's no basis for marriage." "Will he give you a divorce?" "I think so. He barely knows I'm alive. He'll probably be glad to get rid of me." Linc shrugged. "His pride might be hurt. And he might be upset from a pure financial standpoint. Divorce can be costly to a man. Alimony." "I wouldn't want alimony from him." "Oh?" "Just freedom." He said: "What will you do after the divorce?" "Oh, " she said. "I don't know. I may stay in Clifton, at least until I decide where I want to go next. New York eventually, I think. Small towns can get to you. I think I'm ready for the city." "You'd fit right in." "But for the time being we can have our fun. Do you feel like. like some fun now, Linc?" "God, you're insatiable." "I've been inactive for a long time, " she told him. "Too long. It can get to you. Are you interested, Linc?" "I'll race you to the bedroom, " he said.#There you go, Gentle Reader. Flesh Mob. It is what it is.

Flesh Mob - Collection of Classic Erotica, #25

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.)He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man's apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn't the killer. Now he's really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police -- a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn't do it, who will?

Burglars Can't Be Choosers

Quand Kenan Khoury reçoit un coup de fil anonyme exigeant une rançon s'il veut revoir sa femme en vie, il n'hésite pas une seconde à payer. Mais c'est dans le coffre d'une voiture et sous forme de pièces détachées sanguinolentes que notre homme la retrouve. Le problème est que Khoury, dealer notoire de Brooklyn, veut rester loin du regard de la police. C'est donc tout naturellement qu'il fait appel au célèbre détective privé et ancien flic alcoolique Matt Scudder. À l'aide d'acolytes hauts en couleur comme Manhattan en regorge - un apprenti rappeur, de jeunes hackers, sans oublier la belle Elaine -, Matt se jette corps et âme dans une enquête qui fait rapidement surgir de nouvelles pièces d'un puzzle macabre, bien plus complexe que prévu. Et lorsqu'une autre femme disparaît, c'est une course contre la mort qui s'engage.

Balades entre les tombes

The bear is on the prowl in many different guises.  He may be the master thief stealing into Graceland, an intense young passenger experimenting in terror, or a psychiatrist haunted by his patient's nightmare.  Or maybe he's beautiful, lethal woman in a blood-red scarf.  So beware of the this huge, dangerous beast.  Because first he will enthrall you.. and then he will strike.

Some Days You Get the Bear

Dix-huit histoires de suspense par les maîtres d’aujourd’hui et ceux qui les ont inspirés.Le principe de cette anthologie est simple et original. Lawrence Block a demandé à neuf auteurs de premier plan (dont Stephen King, Ed Gorman, Tony Hillerman) de choisir :1 : leur histoire préférée parmi leurs propres œuvres.2 : parmi les œuvres d’autres auteurs importants, l’histoire qui les a le plus divertis, intéressés, qui a le mieux stimulé leur imagination, bref, qui les a aidés à forger leur propre univers.On trouve donc ici dix-huit histoires, présentées par paires (ainsi la nouvelle de Stephen King est suivie de la nouvelle de Joyce Carol Oates que King a choisie). On a donc les « couples » suivants :Stephen KING + Joyce Carol OATESPeter LOVESEY + Donald E. WESTLAKEHarlan ELLISON + Jacques FUTRELLEEd GORMAN + Stephen CRANEJoan HESS + Judith GARNERJohn LUTZ + W.F. HARVEYBill PRONZINI + Benjamin APPELTony HILLERMAN + Joe GORESLawrence BLOCK + John O’HARA

Choix de Maitre

The CIA, the FBI, the KGB, Interpol-not one of the world's premier intelligence organizations knows quite what to make of Evan Michael Tanner. Is he a spy, a mercenary, a footloose adventurer, or simply a screwball sucker for hopeless causes?(Actually he's a little bit of all of the above. Plus he never sleeps. Ever.)One thing's for sure: Tanner's a true romantic, which is why he can't refuse a distraught mother who begs him to rescue her lost, pure-as-driven-snow daughter. Phaedra Harrow (nee Deborah Horowitz) once shared Tanner's apartment but not his bed. And now the virginal beauty's been abducted by white slavers in the Afghan wilderness. Finding Phaedra will be difficult enough. Bringing her back alive and unmolested may be impossible. And first Tanner will have to swim the English Channel, survive trigger-happy Russian terrorists .

Tous les hommes morts

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