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Kenan Khoury’s wife went out grocery shopping and never came home. Alive, anyway. But because Kenan Khoury buys and sells drugs for a living he can’t go to the police for help. He goes to Matthew Scudder instead—an alcoholic ex-cop and unlicensed private eye who will stop at nothing to bring the brutal killers to justice before another innocent woman falls beneath their knives.

• The classic novel returns to bookstores for the first time in almost 20 years!
• One of the most acclaimed detectives of all time, Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder returns to the big screen in his most shocking case ever, courtesy of international superstar Liam Neeson (TAKEN) and writer/director Scott Frank (GET SHORTY, OUT OF SIGHT).
• Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed crime novelists of all time, having received all the field’s most prestigious awards, including being named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, the organization’s highest honor.

"A big bruiser of a crime novel...This is no pleasant stroll in the country."

— New York Times

"As good as the crime thriller gets."

— San Diego Union Tribune