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1、LAWRENCEBLOCKOutontheCuttingEdgeAMATTHEWSCUDDERCRIMENOVELformycousinJeffreyNathan1943–1988ContentsEpigraphPrologue1Therearethreeprominentfraternalorgani-zationsforactorsinNewYork,...2Thegirl’snamewasPaulaHoeldtkeandIdidn’treallyexpecttofindher.3Ispentanhourorsothatnigh
2、tgoingdoor-to-doorintheroominghouse,...4MyfirstthoughtthenextmorningwasthatI’dbeentooabruptwithmy...5Thegoodweatherheldallweekend.Sat-urdayIwenttoaballgame.6Thecop’snamewasAndreotti.Hispart-ner,alight-skinnedblackpatrolman,...7Iwasneverasmoker.Duringthedrink-ingyears,e
3、veryonceinawhile...8Iwokeupthenextmorningwithasourtasteinmymouth.9“I’msurprisedyou’restillonit,”Durkinsaid.10Andreottiwasn’tondutywhenIgotovertotheprecincthouse.11“Zerobloodalcohol,”Bellamysaid.“Ididn’tknowanybodyinthistown...12IdroppedintoGrogan’sinthemiddleoftheafte
4、rnoon.13Thephonewokeme,wrenchingmeoutofadream.14ItriedGary’snumberinthemorning.Iletitringandnoone...15IthoughtIheardthephonewhileIwasintheshower.16WeleftthemeatmarketbarandwalkedoverThirteenthtoGreenwich...17WhenIgottoWilla’sshewaswearingthewhiteLevi’swithanother...18
5、“Itwasthechloralhydrate,”Isaid.“Andthefunnythingisitwouldn’t...19Ibroughtherin.ItwasanicecollarforJoeDurkin,withanassistfor...AcknowlegdmentsAbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyLawrenceBlockPraiseforLawrenceBlockEntertheWorldofMatthewScudderFrontCoverImageCopyrightAboutthePubli
6、sherIsitinoneofthedivesOnFifty-secondStreetUncertainandafraidAsthecleverhopesexpireOfalowdishonestdecade:WavesofangerandfearCirculateoverthebrightAnddarkenedlandsoftheearth,Obsessingourprivatelives;TheunmentionableodorofdeathOffendstheSeptembernight...W.H.Auden—“Septe
7、mber1,1939”WhenIimagineit,itisalwaysaperfectsummerday,withthesunhighinavividbluesky.Itwassummer,ofcourse,butIhavenowayofknowingwhattheweatherwaslike,orevenifithappenedduringtheday.Someone,relatingtheincident,men-tionedmoonlight,buthewasn’tthereeither.Perhapshisimagina
8、tionprovidedthemoon,evenasminechoseabrightsun,abluesky,andascatteringofcot-tonyclouds.Theyareontheopenporchofawhiteclapboard
