num_pages: 292
description: Ex-cop Matt Scudder is hired to prove that a wealthy socialite arranged for the murder of his pregnant wife--a job that will take him deep into the bowels of New York's porn underground. Reissue.
language: English
title: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
titlecomplete: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder #9)
genres: New York, Thriller, Detective, Crime, Hard Boiled, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 4515
series: Matthew Scudder
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Hardcover, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks