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  <title><![CDATA[In the Midst of Death (Matt Scudder Mystery)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Bad cop Jerry Broadfield didn't make any friends on the force when he volunteered to squeal to an ambitious d.a. about police corruption. Now he'saccused of murdering a call girl. Matthew Scudder doesn't think Broadfield's a killer, but the cops aren't about to help the unlicensed p.i. prove it -- and they may do a lot worse than just get in his way.&lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1976</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>In the Midst of Death (Matthew Scudder Mysteries (Paperback))</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lawrence Block]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[IN THE MIDST OF DEATH (Unl. Inv.-Matt Scudder-NYC-Cont) - G<br/>Block, Lawrence - 1st of series<br/><br/>From Fantastic Fiction:  NYPD cop Jerry Broadfield has turned on his own, collaborating in a Special Prosecutor's investigation into police corruption. It's a move that lands him in a jail cel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49040207">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An early Matthew Scudder. Matt is already an ex-cop and ex-husband but not yet an ex-drinker.  This plot has some striking similarities to &quot;Before the Devil Knows You're Dead&quot;.  (1) Matt beds the dewy-eyed wife of the suspect (2) whose innocence is not being pursued by the police.  (3) Thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78486897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72647783">
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 27 08:22:26 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 27 18:00:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[AKA: Sheldon Lord, Jill Emerson, Paul Kavanaugh, Chip Harrison, Lawrence Block<br/>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72647783]]></url>
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    <review id="20607578">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very short Scudder mystery, and the most mediocre of the series.  I am guessing it may have been the first Scudder book written, although not the first published.  The book starts with an interesting premise...essentially, Scudder finds himself in the position of defending a flawed Frank Serpico t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20607578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41315914">
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    <body><![CDATA[A great read, with a wonderful character in Jerry Broadfield.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41315914]]></url>
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    <review id="77974549">
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[3.5 stars. As usual, a solid Block mystery.]]></body>
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    <review id="25564470">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this soooooooo much more than When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. I like how Block doesn’t really narrate the story… he lets the characters tell you what’s going on through the dialogue. There’s no futzing around with pages of background story and set-up. The book does show its age at so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25564470">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23289627">
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  <read_at>Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jun 01 02:34:33 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this much better than the first two books in the Scudder series - seems as if Block is getting into his stride here. The character of Matt deepens here, and even more so in the next book, 'A Stab in the Dark', as his drink problem gets steadily worse, and starts to affect his work as a detec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23289627">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Scudder is still drinking; helps out Jerry Broadfield, a cop who is accused of murder; ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20329999]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[Needed a brain break.  His books are pretty good.]]></body>
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