Lawrence Block

Hit Parade

and

Peter Blauner

Slipping Into Darkness

Hosted by Charles Ardai,
Co-founder of the Hard Case Crime Novels

Talk • Booksigning

After a five-year hiatus, New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block brings back everyone’s favorite hitman: John Keller. Hit Parade displays all of the hallmarks that distinguish Block’s award winning fiction: the intelligence, the clever plotting, the humor, the tricky twists, the darkness and emotional complexity and, above all else, the humanity.

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. His novels range from the urban noir of Matthew Scudder (All the Flowers are Dying) to the urbane effervescence of Bernie Rhodenbarr (The Burglar on the Prowl), while other characters include the globe-trotting insomniac Evan Tanner (Tanner on Ice) and the introspective assassin Keller (Hit Parade). A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He is the author of numerous short stories and more than fifty books including the Hard Case Crime novel, The Girl with the Long Green Heart. Lawrence and his wife Lynne are enthusiastic New Yorkers and relentless world travelers.

The award-winning author of the bestseller The Intruder delivers his most gripping thriller yet: A detective investigating a brutal murder discovers an impossible link to a case he closed 20 years before. It has been two decades since Detective Francis X. Loughlin solved his first big case, the brutal murder of a woman doctor. The young man convicted of the killing, Julian Vega, is back on the streets now, released on a technicality after years of appeals.

Peter Blauner is the author of five other novels, including The Intruder, a New York Times and international bestseller, and Slow Motion Riot, which won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for best first novel of the year. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Peg Tyre, and their two children.

“Richard Aleas” is the pseudonym of Edgar Award and Shamus Award-nominated mystery writer Charles Ardai, whose writing has appeared in dozens of publications ranging from magazines such as Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine to collections such as Best Mystery Stories of the Year and The Year’s Best Horror Stories. Mr. Ardai is also the co-founder and editor of the celebrated Hard Case Crime line of paperback crime novels that revive the style of the pulp paperbacks of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. His first novel, Little Girl Lost, was nominated for both the Edgar and Shamus awards.

WORD FOR WORD is a Bryant Park lunchtime series presented in cooperation with Coliseum Books. Notable authors discuss their newest books at the Bryant Park Reading Room, alongside 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Following the readings, the authors will sign books, for sale on site from Coliseum Books.

In case of rain, this event will be moved to the Coliseum Books Café.

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