Even the Wicked - Premium Gothic Fashion & Accessories for Alternative Style | Perfect for Halloween, Cosplay & Dark Aesthetic Outfits
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Matthew Scudder knows that justice is an elusive commodity in the big city, where a harmless man can be shot dead in a public place criminals fly free through holes in a tattered legal system. But now a vigilante is roaming among the millions, executing those he fees deserve to die. He calls himself "The Will of the People"—an ingenious serial killer who announces his specific murderous intentions to the media before carrying through on his threats. A child molester, a Mafia don, a violent anti-abortionist—even the protected and untouchable are being ruthlessly erased by New York's latest celebrity avenger.Scudder knows that no one is innocent—but who among us has the right to play God? It is a question that will haunt the licensed p.i. on his journey through the bleak city grays, as he searches for the sanity in urban madness. . .and for a frighteningly efficient killer who can do the impossible.
Customer Reviews
In order to really appreciate a Matthew Scudder novel I think you have to read the beginning of the series. This is a great book if you like the exploration of motivations in a variety of characters from all walks of life. Scudder interacts with some of what might be classified as lowlifes as well as some of the well respected, successful, affluent. All have demons and all have a personal moral code. It is the crossing among the different socio-economic sub groups that builds the need to know.The main character gives a wonderful portrait of an alcoholic in recovery that shows how difficult it can be to resist whatever we crave to excess. Yet Scudder, who has so much stacked against his success, manages to acknowledge and avoid temptation which gives us some hope that we can also resist our less dangerous temptations.
