Eight Million Ways to Die

by Lawrence Block

Published 1 August 1982
Staying alive is never easy; not for the prostitute who is slashed to robbons, nor for the pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken down Scudder can find her killer.

A Stab in the Dark

by Lawrence Block

Published 1 August 1982
Nine long years have passed since the killer last struck. Nine years since eighthelpless young women were hideously slaughteredby an ice-pick wielding maniac. Now hard-drinking ex-cop and unlicensed investigator Matt Scudder has been hiredto bring the murderer to justice at last. Relentlessly Scudder follows an aging trail of blood towards a psychopath either long gone, long dead or very patiently awaiting the chance to kill again.