num_pages: 240
description: Eight girls died at the hands of a psychopath armed with an ice-pick but the killer has never been brought to justice, even though nine years have passed. Scudder is hired to track the maniac down, but does following a trail that old mean that the killer is long gone, or just waiting in the scenes?
language: English
title: A Stab in the Dark
titlecomplete: A Stab in the Dark
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: Orion UK