Matthew Scudder book 17 · 2011
A Drop of the Hard Stuff
Scudder looks back on his early days of sobriety, when a childhood friend who was making amends to the people he had wronged was shot dead.
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Book facts
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Series
- Matthew Scudder, book 17 of 17
- Published
- 2011
- Setting
- Set in New York
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in A Drop of the Hard Stuff
2 recurring or key characters from Lawrence Block’s chart.
Lead 1
- Matthew ScudderFormer NYPD detective and recovering alcoholic, an unlicensed investigatorAn early case from his first year sober
Major 1
- Mick BallouIrish gangster and Scudder’s unlikely friend
Also featuring these characters
Other Lawrence Block books that share the most characters with A Drop of the Hard Stuff.
- Hope to Die2001 · Matthew Scudder · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Everybody Dies1998 · Matthew Scudder · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Even the Wicked1997 · Matthew Scudder · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Long Line of Dead Men1994 · Matthew Scudder · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon