Books like After the First Death by Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block’s crime thriller follows Alex Penn, a detective who has made a terrible mistake before. After a blackout that leaves him in a cheap Times Square hotel, he wakes to the blood‑stained body of a young woman beside him. Convicted for a murder he denies, Penn now faces the police urgency to solve the latest crime.
With his past haunting him and the police closing in, Penn must navigate his own fractured memory, betrayals, and the gritty streets of New York to uncover the truth before the evidence erodes and justice hangs in the balance.
Block’s tight narrative blends hard‑boiled detective work with a character’s struggle against his own conscience, offering a tense, fast‑paced mystery set against the backdrop of Manhattan’s underbelly.
First publish date: 1969
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Lawrence Block
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