The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) by Lawrence Block Paperback Book

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Rent The Sins of the Fathers (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)

Author: Lawrence Block

Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks

Published: Sep 1991

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled

Retail Price: $8.99

Pages: 304

Synopsis

The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer -- a minister's son -- hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.

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