num_pages: 239
description: Already at work on two dangerous cases, Matthew Scudder, the down-and-out, hard-drinking ex-cop, becomes personally involved when the wife of a friend is brutally murdered
language: English
title: When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
titlecomplete: When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
characters: Matthew Scudder
genres: New York, Mystery, Fiction, Noir, Thriller, Crime, Novels, Hard Boiled, Mystery Thriller, Detective
ratings_count: 5517
series: Matthew Scudder
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Hardcover, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Falcon Award
publisher: Arbor House Pub Co