A Walk Among the Tombstones

A Matt Scudder Mystery

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Mark Hammer

Perhaps more than any other author in the field, Lawrence Block has reinvented contemporary noir fiction—instilling the classic private eye novel with new life and literary depth, while retaining its raw power, grit, suspense, and surprise. For his efforts he has received multiple Edgar, Shamus, and Maltese Falcon Awards—winning virtually every honor the genre has to bestow—and has been named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. PI Matthew Scudder remains among Block’s most memorable and exquisitely developed creations—a flawed and complex protagonist whose stark, unassailable humanity is both his greatest weakness and strength.

A new breed of entrepreneurial monster has set up shop in the big city. Ruthless, ingenious murderers, they prey on the loved ones of those who live outside the law—knowing full well that criminals will never run to the police no matter how brutal the threat. So other avenues for justice must be explored—which is where ex-cop-turned-PI Matthew Scudder comes in. Scudder has no love for the drug dealers and poison peddlers who now need his help. Nevertheless, he is determined to do whatever it takes to put an elusive pair of thrill-kill extortionists out of business. For they are using the innocent to fuel their terrible enterprise.

©1992 Lawrence Block (P)1992 Recorded Books

Narration weak

Not sure narrator was right for this book. Better in others. To laid back. Overall worth listening. Enjoyed it enough.

decent

was a decent story, but a bit slow. narration took a little getting used to.

narration ruins enjoyment of the story

What did you like best about A Walk Among the Tombstones? What did you like least?

The narrator should only be used for stories in the south or somewhere where slow talking wouldn't be annoying.

Would you be willing to try another book from Lawrence Block? Why or why not?

depends who was reading it.

What didn’t you like about Mark Hammer’s performance?

his voice

Was A Walk Among the Tombstones worth the listening time?

not sure if the story would be better with a faster pace

not as good as I hoped

not really worth the time. movie is easier, the narration wasn't very exciting and honestly irritating to constantly turn up the volume and then turn it down again. story wasn't nearly as exciting as it could have been, a bit disturbing too, but some people like that. Also took time to get into it and narrator was hard to understand sometimes.

New Narrator

My first of the series and the story was great but as always a poor narrator makes it hard to get through the book. He made everyone sound old and more like they were going to play bingo rather than being involved in a murder mystery.