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Matthew Scudder Series

17 primary works • 27 total works
Matt Scudder, a reformed alcoholic and unlicensed private eye, in New York City:

Book 1

The Sins of the Fathers
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3.87 · 12169 Ratings · 988 Reviews · published 1976 · 77 editions

The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged m…

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    Book 2

    Time to Murder and Create
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    3.82     · 5483 Ratings · 454 Reviews · published 1976 · 8 editions
    Small-time stoolie, Jake "The Spinner" Jablon, mad…

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    Book 3

    In the Midst of Death
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    3.79     · 4435 Ratings · 356 Reviews · published 1976 · 66 editions
    Jerry Broadfield is a cop who has been charged wit…

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    Book 4

    A Stab in the Dark
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    4.01     · 5315 Ratings · 343 Reviews · published 1981 · 63 editions
    Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended "Icepick Pr…

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    Book 5

    Eight Million Ways to Die
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    4.15     · 7314 Ratings · 525 Reviews · published 1982 · 81 editions
    Kim was a young hooker who wanted out, seeking Mat…

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    Book 6

    When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
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    4.17     · 5885 Ratings · 404 Reviews · published 1986 · 65 editions
    Downing a bourbon or two with a couple of cronies,…

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    Book 7

    Out on the Cutting Edge
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    4.07     · 3744 Ratings · 269 Reviews · published 1989 · 4 editions
    It isn't called Hell's Kitchen for nothing - a gri…

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    Book 8

    A Ticket to the Boneyard
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    4.16     · 3946 Ratings · 292 Reviews · published 1990 · 57 editions
    Matt Scudder put the brilliant and elusive James L…

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    Book 9

    A Dance At The Slaughterhouse
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    4.16     · 4835 Ratings · 318 Reviews · published 1991 · 64 editions
    In Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position…

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    Book 10

    A Walk Among the Tombstones
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    3.97     · 6607 Ratings · 552 Reviews · published 1992 · 81 editions
    Big-time dope dealer Kenan Khoury is a wealthy man…

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    Book 11

    The Devil Knows You're Dead
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    4.01     · 3209 Ratings · 198 Reviews · published 1993 · 54 editions
    Scudder is back, tracking a killer through the all…

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    Book 12

    A Long Line of Dead Men
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    4.06     · 3182 Ratings · 249 Reviews · published 1994 · 10 editions
    In Manhattan thirty-one men have been meeting annu…

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    Book 13

    Even the Wicked
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    4.00     · 2821 Ratings · 182 Reviews · published 1996 · 46 editions
    An anonymous letter writer, the self-styled 'Will …

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    Book 14

    Everybody Dies
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    4.13     · 3639 Ratings · 201 Reviews · published 1998 · 3 editions
    Matt Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life…

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    Book 15

    Hope to Die
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    3.92     · 2757 Ratings · 204 Reviews · published 2001 · 58 editions
    The city caught its collective breath when upscale…

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    Book 16

    All the Flowers Are Dying
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    3.96     · 2702 Ratings · 205 Reviews · published 2005 · 43 editions
    "A man in a Virginia prison awaits execution for t…

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    Book 17

    A Drop of the Hard Stuff
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    3.84     · 4116 Ratings · 519 Reviews · published 2011 · 48 editions
    Facing his demons in his first year of sobriety, M…

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    Book 17.5

    A Time to Scatter Stones
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    3.58     · 861 Ratings · 159 Reviews · published 2019 · 13 editions
    MATT SCUDDER RETURNS. More than 40 years after his…

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    Book 1-3

    The Matt Scudder Mysteries : The Sins of the Fathers', ' in the Midst of Murder', ' Time to Murder and Create
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    4.23     · 78 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1997 · 5 editions
    The Matt Scudder Mysteries Volume 1: ''Sins of the…

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    Book 4-6

    The Matt Scudder Mysteries: v. 2
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    4.20     · 40 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1997 · 6 editions

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    Book Short Stories Collection

    The Night and the Music
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    4.09     · 1231 Ratings · 145 Reviews · published 2011 · 27 editions
    A collection of Matthew Scudder short stories with…

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    Book Short Story

    A Moment of Wrong Thinking
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    3.96     · 293 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 2002 · 8 editions
    I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1…

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    Book Short Story

    A Candle for the Bag Lady
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    3.94     · 321 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2012 · 5 editions
    I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1…

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    Book Short Story

    Let's Get Lost: A Matthew Scudder Story
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    3.84     · 99 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2011 · 6 editions
    "Years ago, this was. Nixon was president, a coupl…

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    Book Short Story

    Looking for David
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    3.75     · 142 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
    I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1…

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    The Merciful Angel of Death
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    4.22     · 216 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2012 · 6 editions
    I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1…

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    Book Short Story

    Out the Window
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    3.94     · 396 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1997 · 10 editions
    I began writing about Matthew Scudder in the mid-1…

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