The Sour Lemon Score

Author	Lawrence Block
ISBN	1785650017

LAWRENCE BLOCK’S FIRST CRIME NOVEL—
LOST FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS!

To escape punishment for a murder he didn’t mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley, ferocious up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can he find safety in the skin of another...

Author	Lawrence Block
ISBN	0843955856

First published in 1965, this is another pulp classic from Lawrence Block, now resurrected by the folks at Hard Case Crime. The main protagonist, Johnny Hayden, is fresh out of the slammer and determined to never go back. He's toiling away at a job in a bowling alley, making peanuts but attempting to save...

Author	Mickey Spillane
ISBN	0451165926

I woke up to the alarm clock at 5 am and did 100 knuckle pushups on the sidewalk outside the apartment building. In the rain. There were some fancy boys “jogging” and I glared a contemptuous good morning to them.

Inside I had my usual breakfast: three raw eggs and three fingers of Kentucky bourbon....

Author	Lawrence Block
ISBN	0752834525

They tell me the Matt Scudder series starts slow, that it hits its stride with his fifth adventure, Eight Million Ways to Die. I don't know about that—at least not yet—but one thing I can say for sure: The Sins of the Fathers is plenty good enough.

Scudder was once a cop. But then a seven...

Author	Donald E. Westlake
ISBN	0445407158

The priceless painting is titled "Folly Leads to Man's Ruin," and its owner, the rich and careless Mr. Chauncey, wants it stolen for the insurance payout. That's why he hires Dortmunder, who has a foolproof plan. Just in case, Chauncey also recruits a hit man to make sure he gets the painting back.Too...