The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes

The title of this one makes it sound as if Lisbeth Salander and Travis McGee had a baby, but it’s far more like James Cain than Stieg Larsson or John D. MacDonald. Actually, let’s just skip the comparisons and say that it’s 100% Lawrence Block, and his fans know that this is a very good thing. Doak......more

Life doesn't get a whole lot better than a day when you have a brand new book from Lawrence Block to read fresh for the first time, and The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes proves that Block is still at the top of his game. With this book, Block updates the steamy pulp novels of yesteryear and demonstra......more

Released Today! Lawrence Block is a pretty popular crime author, but many readers aren't fully familiar with the beginning of his career when he wrote a bunch of softcore smut and lesbian erotica novels under various pen names. In recent years, many of those books have become more popular due to repr......more

I’ve read more books written by Lawrence Block than by any other writer. I like crime fiction and my preference is for it to be set in America, so that’s two boxes ticked. But the primary reason I come back to Block so often is down to style and quality. He does have a distinctive way of lying down......more

Doak Miller is a former cop living out his retirement in Florida.  Not content to sit on his ass and collect a pension, Doak picks up a P.I. license and takes the odd job that floats his way.  When a local sheriff comes to him with a request to impersonate a hit-man to a housewife looking to knock o......more