劳伦斯·布洛克 — 作者 (105)
殺人排行榜 [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 勞倫斯.卜洛克 / 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 尤傅莉 publishing house: 臉譜文化 2007
《殺人排行榜》是殺手系列第三本小說,展現出勞倫斯‧卜洛克得獎作品所具有的優越特色︰聰明機敏,佈局靈活,幽默感十足,還有巧妙的插曲和諷刺的轉折,以及種種陰暗面與錯綜複雜的情感,然而最壓倒一切的,仍是其中所展現的人性。
約翰‧凱勒是人人最愛的殺手︰在一個不確定的全新年代裡,他是一種新類型的英雄。他冷靜,可靠。而且他是真正的行家,殺手中的殺手。礙事的妻子、老去的運動球星、生意合夥人、有龐大遺產的退休人士,他全都可以解決掉,安靜又有效率。
凱勒有一種職業上的榮譽守則,雖然他從未如此稱之。而且他堅持公事公辦。「到頭來,你不會把每個目標想成是一個要殺掉的人,而是當成一個要解決的麻煩。有些做這一行的人,會把事情搞成了私人恩怨。他們找出一個理由去恨他們必須殺掉的人。我不知道什麼是罪孽、什麼又不是,也不曉得一個人是不是應該活下去、而另一個人就該結束生命。有時我會想到這類東西,但想來想去,唔,從來也想不出個所以然。」
儘管凱勒是個務實的頂尖殺手,但他也跟其他人一樣,不時會感到疑惑與寂寞。他看過心理醫生,養過狗,甚至還有過一個女人。儘管他有桃兒這位愛說笑的經紀人,且不時也可充當他的紅粉知己,另外他還有那批寶貝的郵票收藏,但現在,這些好像不夠了。
凱勒做這一行很久了。或許是收山去沙漠裡找個小房子的時候了。唯一的問題是,要有錢才能退休。而為了要得到錢,他就得去幹活兒……
Even the Wicked [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: Avon 1998 - 2
Matthew Scudder knows that justice is an elusive commodity in the big city, where a harmless man can be shot dead in a public place criminals fly free through holes in a tattered legal system. But now a vigilante is roaming among the millions, executing those he fees deserve to die. He calls himself "The Will of the People"--an ingenious serial killer who announces his specific murderous intentions to the media before carrying through on his threats. A child molester, a Mafia don, a violent anti-abortionist -- even the protected and untouchable are being ruthlessly erased by New York's latest celebrity avenger.
Scudder knows that no one is innocent -- but who among us has the right to play God? It is a question that will haunt the licensed p.i. on his journey through the bleak city grays, as he searches for the sanity in urban madness. . .and for a frighteningly efficient killer who can do the impossible.
The Sins of the Fathers [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: Avon 1991 - 9
<p align="left">The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer -- a minister's son -- hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.</p>
黑名单 [图书] 豆瓣
Hit List
7.3 (9 个评分) 作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 / [美] 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 林大容 publishing house: 文化艺术出版社 2010 - 6
《黑名单》是布洛克杀手凯勒系列的第二本,在《黑名单》中折磨凯勒的是他专业秩序和封闭世界的濒临瓦解。凯勒名列在某个杀手的杀人名单上,他的工作频繁出错,生命岌岌可危。隐居电话线另一端的只闻其声的谋杀经纪人桃儿浮出水面,把凯勒孤寂但利落的单人表演,改为一场纠缠不休的双人舞。
作者劳伦斯•布洛克是当代硬汉派侦探小说最杰出代表,被誉为“纽约犯罪风景的行吟诗人”。
The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: E P Dutton 1995 - 6
A new Bernie Rhodenbarr adventure finds the beloved burglar hounded by his old nemesis, Detective Kirchmann, when Bernie becomes the fall guy in a murder frame-up--and is distracted by beautiful and dangerous dame named Ilona. 50,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.
酒店关门之后 [图书] 豆瓣
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
8.0 (11 个评分) 作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 王凌霄 publishing house: 新星出版社 2010 - 11
《酒店关门之后》主要内容简介:莫西里酒吧被抢[小猫小姐]的账本被偷、蒂勒里太太被杀。三个当事人都请马修出面帮助查出真相,在一条条线索发现之后,三个案件的零碎拼图慢慢被拼在了一起,所有真相水落石出,马修自会有他的解决办法。
The Burglar on the Prowl [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: WILLIAM MORROW
"I don t play cards with men named Doc, or eat at places called Mom s. Or drink before I burgle. . . . It is, I should point out, not a career I would recommend for anyone. The fact that I evidently can t give it up doesn t mean I m not well aware of the disagreeably sordid nature of what I do." -- Bernie Rhodenbarr Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block returns with one of his most inspired and popular characters: the extraordinary Bernie Rhodenbarr. Antiquarian bookseller by day, burglar by night, Bernie has an innate knack, a gift, for getting into places designed to keep him out. Sophisticated yet down-to-earth, philosophical yet practical, Bernie is a gentleman who knows and loves his territory, the gloriously diverse and electric streets of Manhattan; a connoisseur who surrounds himself with the finer things in life, including his tailless Manx tabby, Raffles, and good friends like his neighbor Carolyn. In fact, it s a friend who gets him in his latest jam. Bernie is minding his own business when he s asked for a favor -- a neat, uncomplicated bit of vengeful larceny that will reap a tidy profit -- an offer the intrepid thief can t refuse. But with a few days to go before the crime, Bernie gets restless. So what does a burglar do to change his mood? Go on the prowl, of course. Though not the best way to do business, as he well knows. This bit of prowling lands Bernie in a pile of trouble that includes four murders and the burglary of his own home. Caught in the center of a deadly mystery, he must use his wits and wiles to connect the dots and add up the coincidences. Because if Bernie doesn t catch a killer, he ll lose not only his freedom but his life. Infused with the rich atmosphere of New York City and filled with a smart, charming cast of characters headed by the stylish Bernie, The Burglar on the Prowl is an engaging and delightfully suspenseful tale sure to be savored by Block fans old and new.
Small Town [图书] 豆瓣 Goodreads
Small Town
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) 2004 - 3
A beautiful young woman called Marilyn picks up a stranger in a bar and takes him home to her Manhattan apartment. The next morning her housekeeper discovers Marilyn's body. Marilyn's life and death have far-reaching effects on others, even people she has never met: a charismatic former police commissioner on the verge of a breakdown; a struggling writer; a folk art dealer plumbing the depths of her own fierce sexuality; a lawyer who prefers murder trials because there's one witness fewer. And in a city reeling from 9/11, an unlikely mass murderer wages a one-man war against everyone. In this gripping, multi-faceted story, Block not only brings to life in brilliant detail the city of New York, but proves he is one of the most talented, innovative and surprising crime writers in the business.
我的英雄譚納 [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 / 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 蘇瑩文 publishing house: 臉譜出版社 2009 - 10
他是個睡不著覺的奇男子,
熱愛消逝的理想與美麗女子,
FBI調查他、CIA監聽他、還有一個極機密組織想延攬他,
但是這次,他只為被人口販子擄走的美女賣命──
心愛的莫慌莫急,妳的英雄譚納來了!
伊凡.麥可.譚納,三十四歲,自從韓戰時被一枚榴霰彈碎片摧毀腦裡的睡眠中樞之後,就沒闔眼睡過覺。譚納熱愛消逝的理想和美麗的女子,聯邦調查局有關於他的厚厚一疊檔案,中央情報局監聽他的電話,另外還有一個極機密的情報組織則想延攬他效力!
譚納怎麼可能拒絕一位焦急母親的請託,更何況這位母親有個像菲德菈.哈洛這般美麗的女兒?在阿富汗某個偏僻的角落裡,菲德菈在人口販子的手中消失了,譚納似乎沒有別的選擇,只能動身前去找到她......
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries) [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: HarperTorch 2005 - 11
Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's threat to increase Bernie's rent by 1,000% is driving the bookseller and reformed burglar back to a life of crime -- though, in all fairness, it's a very short trip. And when the cops wrongly accuse him of stealing a priceless collection of baseball cards, Bernie's stuck with a worthless alibi since he was busy burgling a different apartment at the time . . . one that happened to contain a dead body locked inside a bathroom. So Bernie has a dilemma. He can trade a burglary charge for a murder rap. Or he can shuffle all the cards himself and try to find the joker in the deck -- someone, perhaps, who believes that homicide is the real Great American Pastime.
騙子的遊戲 [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 / 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 尤傳莉 publishing house: 臉譜 2009 - 4
「我們什麼都有,就是沒有未來。」
他不是成為一名冷血殺手,就是一具冰冷屍體!
一名行騙度日的男子,一只藏有海洛因的旅行箱,一場拿性命作為籌碼的騙局……
喬.馬林是個年輕的騙子,仗著那看起來強壯又富有的軀體──結實的肌肉,下斜的雙肩,窄窄的腰身,曬成古銅色的肌膚──從好騙的女人身上拐錢度日。
他剛離開一個錯誤的對象──他看走眼了,一副有錢人模樣、有著漂亮胸部的琳達.詹姆森,其實是個想釣金龜婿的窮酸女孩。他離開費城,下一個落腳處是大西洋城,然後,他在海灘上邂逅了穿著連身紅色泳裝、溼漉的金髮還在滴水、紅潤的雙唇看起來充滿饑渴的蒙娜.布若薩德。
他的人生從此起了劇烈的變化。
不只因為蒙娜,還包括藏在他偷來的旅行箱裡,一大盒高純度海洛因。
喬.馬林想擁有蒙娜,以及不虞匱乏的幸福人生。現在他得執行他生涯中最危險的騙局、一場拿性命作賭注的遊戲,他的下場不是成為一名冷血殺手,就是一具冰冷屍體……
喬.馬林,這是我的名字;是我還沒叫大衛.蓋維蘭,也還沒叫蘭尼.K.布雷克或其他一大堆名字之前的真名。
姓名重要嗎?從來就不重要。
但出於某些該死的理由,我希望她喊我喬……
The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: 劳伦斯·布洛克 2013
Ever since The Burglar on the Prowl climbed the bestseller lists in 2004, fans have been clamoring for a new book featuring the lighthearted and lightfingered Bernie Rhodenbarr. Now everybody's favorite burglar returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver, an F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript, a priceless portrait, and a remarkable array of buttons. And, wouldn't you know it, there's a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet...
Hit Man [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: HarperTorch 1999 - 2
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Keller is your basic urban Lonely Guy.He makes a decent wage, lives in a nice apartment.Works the crossword puzzle. Watches a little TV. Until the phone rings and he packs a suitcase, gets on a plane, flies halfway across the country...and kills somebody. It's a living. But is it a life? Keller's not sure. He goes to a shrink, but it doesn't work out the way he planned. He gets a dog, he gets a girlfriend. He gets along.
Small Town [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: William Morrow 2003 - 2
The author of dozens of acclaimed novels including those in the Scudder and Keller series, Lawrence Block has long been recognized as one of the premier crime writers of our time. Now, the breathtaking skill, power, and versatility of this Grand Master are brilliantly displayed once again in a mesmerizing new thriller set on the streets of the city he knows and loves so well. </p>
That was the thing about New York -- if you loved it, if it worked for you, it ruined you for anyplace else in the world. </p>
In this dazzlingly constructed novel, Lawrence Block reveals the secret at the heart of the Big Apple. His glorious metropolis is really a small town, filled with men and women from all walks of life whose aspirations, fears, disappointments, and triumphs are interconnected by bonds as unbreakable as they are unseen. Pulsating with the lives of its denizens -- bartenders and hookers, power brokers and politicos, cops and secretaries, editors and dreamers -- the city inspires a passion that is universal yet unique in each of its eight million inhabitants, including: </p>
John Blair Creighton, a writer on the verge of a breakthrough; </p>
Francis Buckram, a charismatic ex&#150;police commissioner -- and the inside choice for the next mayor -- on the verge of a breakdown; </p>
Susan Pomerance, a beautiful, sophisticated folk-art dealer plumbing the depths of her own fierce sexuality; </p>
Maury Winters, a defense attorney who prefers murder trials because there's one less witness; </p>
Jerry Pankow, an ex-addict who has turned being clean into a living, mopping up after New York's nightlife; </p>
And, in the shadows of a city reeling from tragedy, an unlikely killing machine who wages a one-man war against them all. </p>
Infused with the raw cadence, stark beauty, and relentless pace of New York City, Small Town is a tour de force Block fans old and new will celebrate. </p>
A Walk Among the Tombstones [图书] 豆瓣
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 publishing house: Avon 1993 - 11
A ruthless, ingenious pair of entrepreneurial monsters is preying on the loved ones of those who live outside the law. Though he has no love for drug dealers and poison peddlers, ex-cop-turned-p.i. Matthew Scudder now must help them put two thrill-kill extortionists out of business -- before another drop of innocent blood is spilled.
睡不着的密探 [图书] 豆瓣
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep
7.8 (10 个评分) 作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 / [美] 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 丁世佳 publishing house: 文化艺术出版社 2011 - 1
你可能听说过马修·斯卡德,来,现在认识一下另一个纽约人:伊凡·谭纳。因为睡眠中枢受损,他从来不睡觉,多出来的时间,他读各种书,学各种语言,参加各种异见分子组织。马修几乎不离开纽约,他则到处冒险,第一站是土耳其。看了别睡不着……
谭纳的非常泰冒险 [图书] 豆瓣
The Scoreless Thai
作者: 劳伦斯·布洛克 / [美] 劳伦斯·布洛克 译者: 刘丽真 publishing house: 文化艺术出版社 2011 - 6
为了拯救深陷泰北丛林的女友,谭纳从纽约,一路赶到泰北原始森林,身无分文,语言不通,被剥了精光后,关进鸟笼般的牢笼里,在一位对与女性发生关系极为执着的年轻泰国男子帮助下,好不容易逃离即将被砍头的命运。但谭纳不改初衷,与这位新朋友继续深入原始丛林,寻找生死未卜的女友.....
本书延续谭纳系列一贯的“逃脱“主题,为内地引入劳伦斯•布洛克”系列小说“的收宫之作。书中对多铎--谭纳儿子的妈妈的现状有一句话的交代,有意者可留心