Matthew Scudder book 10 · 1992
A Walk Among the Tombstones
A drug trafficker hires Scudder to find the men who kidnapped and murdered his wife, and Scudder learns they have done it before.
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Book facts
- Author
- Lawrence Block
- Series
- Matthew Scudder, book 10 of 17
- Published
- 1992
- Setting
- Set in New York
- Characters charted
- 5
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in A Walk Among the Tombstones
5 recurring or key characters from Lawrence Block’s chart.
Lead 1
- Matthew ScudderFormer NYPD detective and recovering alcoholic, an unlicensed investigator
Major 2
- Elaine MardellFormer call girl, Scudder’s partner and later wife
- Mick BallouIrish gangster and Scudder’s unlikely friend
Also featuring these characters
Other Lawrence Block books that share the most characters with A Walk Among the Tombstones.
- A Long Line of Dead Men1994 · Matthew Scudder · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Even the Wicked1997 · Matthew Scudder · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Everybody Dies1998 · Matthew Scudder · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Ticket to the Boneyard1990 · Matthew Scudder · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon