Even the Wicked

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Mark Hammer

Matthew Scudder knows that justice is an elusive commodity in the big city, where a harmless man can be shot dead in a public place criminals fly free through holes in a tattered legal system. But now a vigilante is roaming among the millions, executing those he fees deserve to die. He calls himself "The Will of the People"—an ingenious serial killer who announces his specific murderous intentions to the media before carrying through on his threats. A child molester, a Mafia don, a violent anti-abortionist—even the protected and untouchable are being ruthlessly erased by New York's latest celebrity avenger.

Scudder knows that no one is innocent—but who among us has the right to play God? It is a question that will haunt the licensed p.i. on his journey through the bleak city grays, as he searches for the sanity in urban madness … and for a frighteningly efficient killer who can do the impossible.

More mayhem? Listen to another Matt Scudder mystery.©2007 Lawrence Block (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"An ingenious whodunit that's also, in Block's recent manner, a provoking meditation on mortality - with a particularly strong supporting role for the City of New York, which turns in its finest performance since Ellery Queen's Cat of Many Tails." (Kirkus Reviews)

A true Scudder fan

A little rambling but.. one of my favorite Scudder stories. Thank you Lawrence, you keep me entertained.

Great plot, horrible narrator.

Story line was great and intriguing. Mark Hammer made it almost unbearable. Please do not let him narrate anymore books.

Excellent

Another excellent book by L Block..The plot is intriguing and the characters captivating . With Matt Scudder's stories, Lawrence Block follows the tradition of the best , hard-boiled detective books : a pleasure not to miss !

I loved the twists and turns and the persistence of Matthew Scudder

I like all Matthew Scudder novels/novels especially this one and A Million Ways to Die !

Not the best of Matthew Skudder

But a wonderful storyteller. I like slow stories as well as fast ones. The reader fits very well to Block's style.