A review by mschlat
A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block

3.0

This was a particularly intense Matthew Scudder novel, with a serial rapist and murderer and some nasty descriptions, and for me that intensity blunted some of the other aspects of the novel. I liked how Block was investigating how Scudder dealt with being sober and feeling powerless, but in the end the novel didn't emerge beyond that constant sense of dread. Still a good book with some excellent dialogue between Scudder and his sponsor, but I doubt I will read it again.