A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
By Lawrence Block
A Matthew Scudder mystery, and I'll definitely be looking for more of them to read. Complex plotting, great characters, moral philosophizing, and a violent conclusion.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#matthewscudder
#lawrenceblock
#mystery
#crime
#thriller
#booksky
By Lawrence Block
A Matthew Scudder mystery, and I'll definitely be looking for more of them to read. Complex plotting, great characters, moral philosophizing, and a violent conclusion.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#matthewscudder
#lawrenceblock
#mystery
#crime
#thriller
#booksky
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
By Lawrence Block
A Matthew Scudder mystery, and I'll definitely be looking for more of them to read. Complex plotting, great characters, moral philosophizing, and a violent conclusion.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#matthewscudder
#lawrenceblock
#mystery
#crime
#thriller
#booksky
By Lawrence Block
A Matthew Scudder mystery, and I'll definitely be looking for more of them to read. Complex plotting, great characters, moral philosophizing, and a violent conclusion.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#matthewscudder
#lawrenceblock
#mystery
#crime
#thriller
#booksky
Stumbled on this post as I was searching to see if #LawrenceBlock was on BSky. Shame he’s not because this is a perfect example of his wit, which then sits alongside his crime intrigue to make him, IMHO, the best crime writer. So pleased I found his work years ago. I recommend him to you all.
“I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk, either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.” — Lawrence Block , The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
#qotd #LawrenceBlock #quote #Cats #hat
#qotd #LawrenceBlock #quote #Cats #hat
Quote of the Day
“I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk, either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.” — Lawrence Block , The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
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January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Stumbled on this post as I was searching to see if #LawrenceBlock was on BSky. Shame he’s not because this is a perfect example of his wit, which then sits alongside his crime intrigue to make him, IMHO, the best crime writer. So pleased I found his work years ago. I recommend him to you all.
Reading A Drop of the Hard Stuff by #LawrenceBlock makes me miss NYC, but that may be because I always miss NYC
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Reading A Drop of the Hard Stuff by #LawrenceBlock makes me miss NYC, but that may be because I always miss NYC
#Booksky 📚
#Booksky 📚
“Every year there's a few more things I'm not sure of. I've decided that a wide-ranging uncertainty is the mark of the true maturity of man.” — Lawrence Block, Everybody Dies
#QOTD #LawrenceBlock #Quote #Uncertainty #Quotation
#QOTD #LawrenceBlock #Quote #Uncertainty #Quotation
Quote of the Day
“Every year there's a few more things I'm not sure of. I've decided that a wide-ranging uncertainty is the mark of the true maturity of man.” — Lawrence Block, Everybody Dies
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September 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Every year there's a few more things I'm not sure of. I've decided that a wide-ranging uncertainty is the mark of the true maturity of man.” — Lawrence Block, Everybody Dies
#QOTD #LawrenceBlock #Quote #Uncertainty #Quotation
#QOTD #LawrenceBlock #Quote #Uncertainty #Quotation
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 254: #DentroLaNotte (in English #IntoTheNight) by #CornellWoolrich
A #dark and #gloomy #story that starts with an attempted suicide and continues with a #murder.
Oddly, #Woolrich passed away before finishing it and #LawrenceBlock was the one who completed it.
Day 254: #DentroLaNotte (in English #IntoTheNight) by #CornellWoolrich
A #dark and #gloomy #story that starts with an attempted suicide and continues with a #murder.
Oddly, #Woolrich passed away before finishing it and #LawrenceBlock was the one who completed it.
September 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 254: #DentroLaNotte (in English #IntoTheNight) by #CornellWoolrich
A #dark and #gloomy #story that starts with an attempted suicide and continues with a #murder.
Oddly, #Woolrich passed away before finishing it and #LawrenceBlock was the one who completed it.
Day 254: #DentroLaNotte (in English #IntoTheNight) by #CornellWoolrich
A #dark and #gloomy #story that starts with an attempted suicide and continues with a #murder.
Oddly, #Woolrich passed away before finishing it and #LawrenceBlock was the one who completed it.
“I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk, either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.” — Lawrence Block , The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
#qotd #LawrenceBlock #quote #Cats #hat
#qotd #LawrenceBlock #quote #Cats #hat
Quote of the Day
“I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk, either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.” — Lawrence Block , The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
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May 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk, either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.” — Lawrence Block , The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
#qotd #LawrenceBlock #quote #Cats #hat
#qotd #LawrenceBlock #quote #Cats #hat
So reading Random Walk by #LawrenceBlock and it’s not his usual crime fiction fare. It really feels like he read The Stand and was like “I can do something like this”
#booksky
#booksky
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
So reading Random Walk by #LawrenceBlock and it’s not his usual crime fiction fare. It really feels like he read The Stand and was like “I can do something like this”
#booksky
#booksky
The shit a man never see is the shit he is standing in. #LawrenceBlock - The Triumph of Evil
#resist #fight
#resist #fight
March 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The shit a man never see is the shit he is standing in. #LawrenceBlock - The Triumph of Evil
#resist #fight
#resist #fight
Reading a good #LawrenceBlock page Turner #HitandRun
Keller hasn’t been my favorite of Blocks characters but I’ve been gripped on this one. Especially when he had his #stampcollection taken from him. As a collector of things. I felt that tragedy
Keller hasn’t been my favorite of Blocks characters but I’ve been gripped on this one. Especially when he had his #stampcollection taken from him. As a collector of things. I felt that tragedy
March 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Reading a good #LawrenceBlock page Turner #HitandRun
Keller hasn’t been my favorite of Blocks characters but I’ve been gripped on this one. Especially when he had his #stampcollection taken from him. As a collector of things. I felt that tragedy
Keller hasn’t been my favorite of Blocks characters but I’ve been gripped on this one. Especially when he had his #stampcollection taken from him. As a collector of things. I felt that tragedy
The Night and the Music, Lawrence Block [Telemachus Press, 2011].
A collection of stories featuring former NYPD cop-turned-unlicensed-private-eye Matt Scudder, the series character from numerous Block novels, including A Walk Among the Tombstones, adapted as a film with Liam Neeson. #LawrenceBlock
A collection of stories featuring former NYPD cop-turned-unlicensed-private-eye Matt Scudder, the series character from numerous Block novels, including A Walk Among the Tombstones, adapted as a film with Liam Neeson. #LawrenceBlock
March 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Night and the Music, Lawrence Block [Telemachus Press, 2011].
A collection of stories featuring former NYPD cop-turned-unlicensed-private-eye Matt Scudder, the series character from numerous Block novels, including A Walk Among the Tombstones, adapted as a film with Liam Neeson. #LawrenceBlock
A collection of stories featuring former NYPD cop-turned-unlicensed-private-eye Matt Scudder, the series character from numerous Block novels, including A Walk Among the Tombstones, adapted as a film with Liam Neeson. #LawrenceBlock
How lucky am I that my favorite authors have such a large bibliography. Sometimes I wish I could delete all of @stephenking.bsky.social and #LawrenceBlock from my head so I could reread them with fresh eyes #booksky
March 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How lucky am I that my favorite authors have such a large bibliography. Sometimes I wish I could delete all of @stephenking.bsky.social and #LawrenceBlock from my head so I could reread them with fresh eyes #booksky
We don’t talk enough about how fucking great this movie is. A perfect adaptation of Block’s best character.
January 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This past week, #LawrenceBlock rereleased an article he wrote for Writer’s Digest in the mid-70’s, dealing with his alcoholism at the time. It’s a short piece — roughly ten pages — but an interesting read for its honesty. Also includes a brief intro and excerpts of other books.
January 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This past week, #LawrenceBlock rereleased an article he wrote for Writer’s Digest in the mid-70’s, dealing with his alcoholism at the time. It’s a short piece — roughly ten pages — but an interesting read for its honesty. Also includes a brief intro and excerpts of other books.
As a result you get things like MENSA, the largest collection of unachieved potential in human history. Or, to quote a cartoon modified by @LawrenceBlock to refer to writing, "It is not enough to be a genius. You need to be a genius at something".
5/7
5/7
December 31, 2024 at 9:39 PM
As a result you get things like MENSA, the largest collection of unachieved potential in human history. Or, to quote a cartoon modified by @LawrenceBlock to refer to writing, "It is not enough to be a genius. You need to be a genius at something".
5/7
5/7
This just came in the mail, and I suspect these three novels will end up being the last three novels I read this year. #LawrenceBlock #DonaldWestlake #HellcatsandHoneygirls
December 7, 2024 at 7:10 PM
This just came in the mail, and I suspect these three novels will end up being the last three novels I read this year. #LawrenceBlock #DonaldWestlake #HellcatsandHoneygirls
thank god, he is alive and well, i think. i haven't read any of his works for ages and i haven't found another writer like him too. do you know of any other crime novelists who have block's intelligence, humor, depth and lightness? #LawrenceBlock #crimefiction
November 3, 2024 at 2:56 PM
thank god, he is alive and well, i think. i haven't read any of his works for ages and i haven't found another writer like him too. do you know of any other crime novelists who have block's intelligence, humor, depth and lightness? #LawrenceBlock #crimefiction
I'm rereading all the "Burglar" books for like the 7th time. (In order, of course). I'm on The Burglar in the Closet. @LawrenceBlock
November 17, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I'm rereading all the "Burglar" books for like the 7th time. (In order, of course). I'm on The Burglar in the Closet. @LawrenceBlock
December 25, 2023 at 8:37 PM
Happy birthday, @LawrenceBlock!
November 23, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Happy birthday, @LawrenceBlock!
You can find a shorter version of today's @DouthatNYT column in an old @LawrenceBlock novel
November 22, 2024 at 9:06 PM
You can find a shorter version of today's @DouthatNYT column in an old @LawrenceBlock novel
Literary truth: @LawrenceBlock gets better with age. https://x.com/PaprbackWarrior/status/1105438367829934080
March 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Literary truth: @LawrenceBlock gets better with age. https://x.com/PaprbackWarrior/status/1105438367829934080
Just found a reminiscence from @LawrenceBlock about this writer (Henry Kane) which includes a great celebrity anecdote...
https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/65-articles/murders-in-memory-lane/2537-the-murders-in-memory-lane-remembering-henry-kane?showall=1
https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/65-articles/murders-in-memory-lane/2537-the-murders-in-memory-lane-remembering-henry-kane?showall=1
November 23, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Just found a reminiscence from @LawrenceBlock about this writer (Henry Kane) which includes a great celebrity anecdote...
https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/65-articles/murders-in-memory-lane/2537-the-murders-in-memory-lane-remembering-henry-kane?showall=1
https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/65-articles/murders-in-memory-lane/2537-the-murders-in-memory-lane-remembering-henry-kane?showall=1
Manafort is a character straight out of a Ross Thomas novel.
(If you’ve never read a Ross Thomas novel, let @LawrenceBlock introduce you to him: https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2670:ross-thomas&catid=65:murders-in-memory-lane&Itemid=191)
(If you’ve never read a Ross Thomas novel, let @LawrenceBlock introduce you to him: https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2670:ross-thomas&catid=65:murders-in-memory-lane&Itemid=191)
November 13, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Manafort is a character straight out of a Ross Thomas novel.
(If you’ve never read a Ross Thomas novel, let @LawrenceBlock introduce you to him: https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2670:ross-thomas&catid=65:murders-in-memory-lane&Itemid=191)
(If you’ve never read a Ross Thomas novel, let @LawrenceBlock introduce you to him: https://www.mysteryscenemag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2670:ross-thomas&catid=65:murders-in-memory-lane&Itemid=191)
I was happy to discover that the new Thomas Pynchon and @LawrenceBlock books each contain gratuitous Dr. Zizmor jokes. #beautifulclearskin
November 13, 2024 at 7:38 AM
I was happy to discover that the new Thomas Pynchon and @LawrenceBlock books each contain gratuitous Dr. Zizmor jokes. #beautifulclearskin
Kindle Daily Deal: @LawrenceBlock novels: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kdd_kbhp_title?ie=UTF8&docId=1000677541&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=0NM619FTDKR98RV3S4DP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1392014142&pf_rd_i=1286228011 Bunch of others in $2-3 as well.
December 9, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Kindle Daily Deal: @LawrenceBlock novels: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kdd_kbhp_title?ie=UTF8&docId=1000677541&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=0NM619FTDKR98RV3S4DP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1392014142&pf_rd_i=1286228011 Bunch of others in $2-3 as well.