LUCKY AT CARDS by Lawrence BLock
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Those of you who have been with us from the beginning will know how much I love the work of Lawrence Block. It wasn’t an accident that we chose one of his books, GRIFTER’S GAME, to kick off our series, or that we chose another — THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART — to follow Stephen King’s THE COLORADO KID. Over the past half century, Block has consistently produced some of the very best crime novels being written, and like many of Block’s readers, my only complaint is that I’ve read everything he’s written and crave more.
Well.
Way back in 1964, the year before Block wrote THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART, he wrote another novel about a crook and the dangerous woman he falls for — only he didn’t publish this novel under his own name, he published it under the pseudonym “Sheldon Lord.” The book has been unavailable for nearly 40 years and has never been published under Block’s real name. It’s a terrific book — and no matter how big a Lawrence Block fan you are, there’s practically no chance you’ve read it. The book’s title is LUCKY AT CARDS, and it’s one you’re not going to want to miss.
Amen.
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