A Stab in the Dark

A Gripping Matt Scudder Novel From The Author Of A Walk Among The Tombstones. Nine Long Years Have Passed Since The Killer Last Struck. Nine Years Since Eight Helpless Young Women Were Hideously Slaughtered By An Ice-pick Wielding Maniac. Now Hard-drinking Ex-cop And Unlicensed Investigator Matt Scudder Has Been Hired To Bring The Murderer To Justice At Last. Relentlessly, Scudder Follows An Aging Trail Of Blood Towards A Psychopath Either Long Gone, Long Dead Or Very Patiently Awaiting The Chance To Kill Again.