num_pages: 285
description: An unwelcome visitor shares terrifying secrets with a stranger at an isolated fishing hole. Two men concoct a convoluted Hitchcockian murder plot... only to discover death is far more gruesome and permanent than it appears on-screen. An aspiring assassin has a close encounter with his idol. Lawrence Block is at his sinister best in eighteen tales of drifters, grifters, and sweet revenge that are darkly comic, chillingly clever, and sharp as a razor edge.Sometimes they bite The Ehrengraf defense Strangers on a handball court Like a dog in the street A bad night for burglars Nothing short of highway robbery One thousand dollars a word The gentle way The Ehrengraf obligation When this man dies Collecting Ackermans The Dettweiler solution Funny you should ask Like a thief in the night Going through the motions This crazy business of ours And miles to go before I sleep Out the window.
language: English
title: Sometimes They Bite
titlecomplete: Sometimes They Bite
genres: Short Stories, Thriller, Crime, Collections, Anthologies, Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 189
publisher: Avon Books