Alle sterben - Block, Lawrence

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Résumé :
Endlich kann Matt Scudder ein behagliches Leben f?hren. Die Kriminalit?tsrate ist gesunken, die Aktienkurse steigen und die Gentrifizierung sorgt daf?r, dass das alte Viertel in neuem Glanz erstrahlt. Die Stra?en New Yorks wirken bei Weitem nicht mehr so gef?hrlich wie fr?her. Dann bricht die H?lle aus. Schnell muss Scudder am eigenen Leib erfahren, dass die herausgeputzten B?rgersteige so gef?hrlich sind wie immer: dunkel, brutal und voller Blutflecken. Er lebt in einer Welt, in der die Vergangenheit ein Minenfeld, die Gegenwart ein Kriegsgebiet und die Zukunft eine offene Frage ist. Eine Welt, in der nichts und niemand sicher ist, ein zufallsgesteuertes Universum, in dem das ?berleben nicht als selbstverst?ndlich vorausgesetzt werden kann. Auch sein eigenes nicht. Es ist eine Welt, in der alle sterben....

Biographie:
LAWRENCE BLOCK has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published more than 100 books, and no end of short stories. LB is best known for his series characters, including Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, and Keller. LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke. His monthly instructional column ran in WRITER'S DIGEST for 14 years and led to a series of books for writers. He has also written television and film screenplays. Several of LB's books have been filmed, including A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards, Japanese Maltese Falcon award, Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association, been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has been awarded the Soci?t? 813 trophy....

Sommaire:
LAWRENCE BLOCK has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published more than 100 books, and no end of short stories. LB is best known for his series characters, including Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, and Keller. LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke. His monthly instructional column ran in WRITER'S DIGEST for 14 years and led to a series of books for writers. He has also written television and film screenplays. Several of LB's books have been filmed, including A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won the Edgar and Shamus awards, Japanese Maltese Falcon award, Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association, been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir and has been awarded the Soci?t? 813 trophy....