Hope to Die

When Byrne and Susan Hollander are killed in a brutal home invasion, the whole city catches its collective breath. A few days later the killers turn up dead behind a locked door in Brooklyn. One has killed his partner, then himself. The city sighs with relief. The cops close the case.Matt and Elaine Scudder were in the same room with the Hollanders hours before their deaths. In spite of himself, Scudder is drawn to the Hollander case. The closer he looks, the more he senses the presence of a third man, a puppet master who manipulated his two accomplices, then cut their strings when he was done with them.The villain who looms in the shadows is one of Block's most inspired creations, cold and diabolical, murdering for pleasure and profit. Nobody but Scudder even suspects he exists — and he's not done killing.He's just getting started.... The Fifteenth Matt Scudder Mystery From New York Times Bestseller Lawrence Block. Byrne And Susan Hollander Stroll Home From A Concert On A Fine Summer's Evening In New York. Some Hours Later, Their Daughter Kristin Arrives Home To Discover Her Parents Brutally Killed And The House Ransacked. She Also Finds She Is Now A Very Young Millionaire. A Few Days Later The Police Trace The Two Killers To An Apartment In Coney Island, And Both Are Dead. One Killed The Other Before Turning The Gun On Himself - At Least That's The Way It Looks. So That's Another Case Solved. But For Matt Scudder It's Only The Beginning. The More He Looks Into It, The More Things Look Wrong To Him. There's A Murderer Out There, And He's Just Getting Started. Pitted In A Deadly Game Of Cat And Mouse, Scudder Is Up Against The Most Resourceful And Diabolical Killer Of His Career. A wealthy couple stroll home after attending a concert. Some hours later, they are found dead, brutally murdered. The police think they know who the killers are, but Scudder, who was also at the concert, thinks differently.