A Stab in the Dark: A Matthew Scudder Novel
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Nine long years have passed since the killer last struck—nine years since eight helpless young women were brutally slaughtered by an icepick-wielding maniac. The trail grew cold, and the book was unofficially closed on a serial killer who stopped killing. But now the "Icepick Prowler" has confessed—but only to seven of the killings. Not only does he deny the eighth but he also has an airtight alibi.
Barbara Ettinger's family had almost come to accept that the young woman was the victim of a random killing. Now they must grapple with the shocking revelation that not only was her death disguised to look like the serial killer's work but her murderer may have been someone she knew and trusted.
Matthew Scudder has been hired to finally bring her slayer to justice, setting the relentless detective on the trail of a death almost a decade old, searching for a vicious murderer who is either long gone, long dead—or patiently waiting to kill again.
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Lawrence Block. (2011). A Stab in the Dark: A Matthew Scudder Novel. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lawrence Block. 2011. A Stab in the Dark: A Matthew Scudder Novel. Blackstone Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lawrence Block, A Stab in the Dark: A Matthew Scudder Novel. Blackstone Publishing, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lawrence Block. A Stab in the Dark: A Matthew Scudder Novel. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2011.
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Barbara Ettinger's family had almost come to accept that the young woman was the victim of a random killing. Now they must grapple with the shocking revelation that not only was her death disguised to look like the serial killer's work but her murderer may have been someone she knew and trusted.
Matthew Scudder has been hired to finally bring her slayer to justice, setting the relentless detective on the trail of a death almost a decade old, searching for a vicious murderer who is either long gone, long dead—or patiently waiting to kill again.
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Barbara Ettinger's family had almost come to accept that the young woman was the victim of a random killing. Now they must grapple with the shocking revelation that not only was her death disguised to look like the serial killer's work but her murderer may have been someone she knew and trusted.
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