Hit List
Worth buying if: you enjoy Lawrence Block’s morally gray protagonists and procedural detail.
Skip it if: you prefer optimistic heroes or cozy, consequence-free mysteries.
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Summary
In Hit List, Lawrence Block delivers a 304-page crime novel of cat-and-mouse tension where professional skill, ethical compromise, and a mounting body count collide in a pulpy, literate investigation.
Why this book now
Revisit Lawrence Block’s Hit List for a brisk HarperCollins-era thriller that showcases the novelist’s mastery of noir mechanics and character-driven suspense.
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Good fit if you want...
- you enjoy Lawrence Block’s morally gray protagonists and procedural detail.
- you read HarperCollins-era crime fiction with plotted twists and clipped pacing.
Maybe skip if...
- you prefer optimistic heroes or cozy, consequence-free mysteries.
- you avoid crime novels with ethical ambiguity and explicit moral choices.
- You only want something with very current references and examples.
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Exact edition: Hardcover · ISBN-13 9780060198336
Worth buying if: you enjoy Lawrence Block’s morally gray protagonists and procedural detail.
Skip it if: you prefer optimistic heroes or cozy, consequence-free mysteries.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Balanced Moderate time
At about 304 pages, Hit List is a medium-length crime read that moves quickly—expect several focused reading sessions rather than a casual skim.
What stands out here
This HarperCollins 2000 edition presents Block’s tight plotting and character work intact, ideal for readers tracking his development across late-20th-century crime fiction.
Best way to approach it
Read Hit List straight through to preserve Block’s momentum and unfolding reveals, pausing only to savor the author’s clipped dialogue and procedural detail.
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Hardcover: ISBN-13 9780060198336
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