They are poor little lambs who have lost their way a murderous madman feigning madness a beautiful woman, dangerous to look at and lethal to touch a shy little boy quietly testing his newfound power to destroy. In this ingenious collection, multiple award-winning mystery author Lawrence Block leads us into dark, unprotected fields, where human sheep gather in terror of predatory wolves. And we follow willingly-through a hayseeds bloody mid-life crisis, into the explosive heart of a vengeful CPAs account-balancing...and onto the streets with p.i. Matthew Scudder, as he spends an inheritance from a baglady to hunt down the old womans killer.,
