Chapters (45)
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- About the Author
- Books By Lawrence Block
- Enter the World of Matthew Scudder
- Praise
- Copyright
- About the Publisher
“When Lawrence Block is in his Matt Scudder mode, crime fiction can sidle up so close to literature that often there’s no degree of difference.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Block is the epitome of a professional writer ... able to turn out seamless, engrossing novels that define originality and freshness for the mystery genre ... His characters are carefully shaded with deep grays.”
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
“Block is the master ... His written dialogue has the honesty of a conversation overheard on a bus.”
USA Today
“A superior storyteller ... Block has an awareness of the pain and pleasure of living. It is a gift not all authors have.”
San Antonio Express-News
“A terrific thriller writer.”
Washington Post
“Block is a rarity: a craftsman who writes about the sleazier aspects of life with style, compassion, and wit.”
Denver Post
“Exceptional ... One of the best detective stories I’ve ever read. No, that may be too restrictive. One of the best novels I’ve read in a long time.”
San Diego Union-Tribune
“Block is a superb craftsman, one of those increasingly rare writers who knows how to make every word, every nuance, meaningful.”
Muncie Star Press
“Block’s characters have an emotional depth that always seems to lift his stories above those of other mystery writers.”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“There is really only one writer of mystery and detective fiction who comes close to replacing the irreplaceable John D. MacDonald ... The writer is Lawrence Block.”
Stephen King
Copyright
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO DIE. Copyright © 1982 by Lawrence Block. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub Edition © JULY 2002 ISBN: 9780061806643
First Avon Books paperback printing: February 1993
First Avon Books special printing: December 1991
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Epigraph
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
About the Author
Books By Lawrence Block
Enter the World of Matthew Scudder
Praise
Copyright
About the Publisher