num_pages: 192
description: Louis Pinell, the recently apprehended "Icepick Prowler," freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed Barbara Ettinger. Matthew Scudder believes him. But the trail to Ettinger's true murderer is twisted, dark and dangerous...and even colder than the almost decade-old corpse the p.i. is determined to avenge.
language: English
title: A Stab in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense
titlecomplete: A Stab in the Dark: A Novel of Suspense
characters: Janice Corwin, Matthew Scudder
genres: Noir, Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Hard Boiled, Detective, Novels, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, New York
ratings_count: 4895
places: New York City, New York
series: Matthew Scudder
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Hardcover
publisher: Arbor House