We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
(Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Author:
Block, Lawrence
Series:
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 6.
Published:
HarperCollins 2009
Status:
Checked Out
Description

In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away — and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.

Also in This Series
Formats
Adobe EPUB eBook
Works on all eReaders (except Kindles), desktop computers and mobile devices with reading apps installed.
Sample Sample 
Kindle Book
Works on Kindles and devices with a Kindle app installed.
Sample Sample 
OverDrive Read
Sample Sample 
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Like This
Other Editions and Formats
Choose a Format
Book
      Show Editions
Available from another library
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold
Hoopla eAudiobook
      Show Edition
Available Online
Online Hoopla Collection
Check Out Hoopla
Hoopla eBook
      Show Edition
Available Online
Online Hoopla Collection
Check Out Hoopla
Large Print
      Show Edition
Available from another library
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold
OverDrive eBook
      Show Edition
Checked Out
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold OverDrive
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
Fiction
Literature
Mystery
More Details
Format:
Adobe EPUB eBook, Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Street Date:
10/06/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780061983849
ASIN:
B000FC14HQ
Librarian Reviews
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Lawrence Block. (2009). When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Lawrence Block. 2009. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Lawrence Block, When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. HarperCollins, 2009.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Lawrence Block. When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. HarperCollins, 2009.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
LibraryOwnedAvailable
Shared Digital Collection10
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
5d7b4f88-1174-d8d2-25b6-b27842904890
Go To Grouped Work
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
Jul 01, 2019 17:02:49
Date Updated:
Mar 24, 2024 03:14:22
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 28, 2024 12:49:36
Last Metadata Change:
Mar 24, 2024 12:44:05
Last Availability Check:
Apr 28, 2024 12:49:39
Last Availability Change:
Apr 19, 2024 16:35:51
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 30, 2024 02:10:40

OverDrive Product Record

readingOrder
6
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
formats
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061983849
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B000FC14HQ
      • name: Kindle Book
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061983849
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • id: ebook-overdrive
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780380728251
mediaType
eBook
primaryCreator
    • role: Author
    • name: Lawrence Block
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
seriesId
1525206
dateAdded
2019-07-02T04:03:41.65Z
contentDetails
      • href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=141&titleID=13981
      • type: text/html
      • account:
          • name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
          • id: 1151
sortTitle
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
crossRefId
13981
series
Matthew Scudder Short Stories
id
C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06
starRating
4

OverDrive MetaData

isPublicDomain
False
formats
      • fileName: WhentheSacredGinmill_9780061983849_13981
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 1196897
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061983849
      • rights:
            • type: Copying
            • value: 0
            • type: Printing
            • value: 0
            • type: Lending
            • value: 0
            • type: ReadAloud
            • value: 1
            • type: ExpirationRights
            • value: 0
      • name: Adobe EPUB eBook
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-epub-adobe
      • onSaleDate: 10/6/2009
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/SacredGinMillCloses.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: WhentheSacredGinmill_13981
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ASIN
            • value: B000FC14HQ
      • name: Kindle Book
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-kindle
      • onSaleDate: 10/6/2009
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/SacredGinMillCloses.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
      • fileName: WhentheSacredGinmill_9780061983849_13981
      • partCount: 0
      • fileSize: 0
      • identifiers:
            • type: ISBN
            • value: 9780061983849
      • name: OverDrive Read
      • isReadAlong: False
      • id: ebook-overdrive
      • onSaleDate: 10/6/2009
      • samples:
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-epub-adobe
            • url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/SacredGinMillCloses.epub
            • source: From the book
            • formatType: ebook-overdrive
            • url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
creators
      • role: Author
      • fileAs: Block, Lawrence
      • bioText:

        Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

      • name: Lawrence Block
imprint
HarperCollins e-books
publishDate
2009-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
isOwnedByCollections
True
title
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
fullDescription

In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away — and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.

seriesId
1525206
reviews
      • premium: False
      • source: Chicago Tribune
      • content: "One of the best mysteries ever written. As taut and biting as garrotting wire."
      • premium: True
      • source: Publisher's Weekly
      • content:

        January 1, 1986
        The prolific, Edgar Awardwinning Block has written many mysteries, most in assorted series with colorful protagonists. Featured here is Matt Scudder in his follow-up appearance to Eight Million Ways to Die. Scudder is a former New York cop, now an unlicensed private detective who does favors for friends. Divorced from his wife, who lives with their sons on Long Island, Scudder rooms in a West Side hotel. His real home, however, is any one of three or four local bars, and his family are their owners, staff and habitues. In the summer of 1975, Matt is busy with assorted favors. Tommie Tillary, an investment salesman in flashy clothes, whose wife has been murdered in Bay Ridge, needs to be cleared of suspicion. The real booksas opposed to those shown to the IRSstolen from Skip Devoe's bar must be ransomed, and the masked gunmen who robbed the Morrisey brothers' after-hours place have to be identified. Drinking steadily all summer, Scudder accomplishes all of the above, his intuition, doggedness and respect for a higher law sputtering through the alcoholic haze. Block is an accomplished storyteller, and Matt Scudder is a fine example of hero as human being. Mystery Guild selection.

popularity
178
links
    • self:
        • href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/c02b475c-effe-47a2-83fb-819aca205a06/metadata
        • type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
id
c02b475c-effe-47a2-83fb-819aca205a06
starRating
4
readingOrder
6
images
    • cover:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0293-1/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img100.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • thumbnail:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0293-1/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img200.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover150Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img150.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
    • cover300Wide:
        • href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0293-1/C02/B47/5C/{C02B475C-EFFE-47A2-83FB-819ACA205A06}Img400.jpg
        • type: image/jpeg
isPublicPerformanceAllowed
False
languages
      • code: en
      • name: English
subjects
      • value: Fiction
      • value: Literature
      • value: Mystery
publishDateText
10/06/2009
otherFormatIdentifiers
      • type: ISBN
      • value: 9780380728251
mediaType
eBook
shortDescription

In the dark days, in a sad and lonely place, ex-cop Matt Scudder is drinking his life away — and doing "favors" for pay for his ginmill cronies. But when three such assignments flow together in dangerous and disturbing ways, he'll need to change his priorities from boozing to surviving.

sortTitle
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
crossRefId
13981
series
Matthew Scudder Short Stories
awards
      • source: Mystery Writers of America
      • value: Grand Master Award
      • source: Crime Writers’ Association
      • value: Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement Award
publisher
HarperCollins
bisacCodes
      • code: FIC022010
      • description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled
      • code: FIC022090
      • description: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators