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Deadly Honeymoon Mass Market Paperback – June 1, 1986

by Lawrence Block (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
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A quiet honeymoon at a peaceful little cabin in the isolated Pennsylvania woods in transformed into a terrifying ordeal of hatred and revenge for Dave and Jill Wade
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  1. Book 2 of 21
    The Classic Crime Library
  2. Print length
    192 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Jove
  5. Publication date
    June 1, 1986
  6. Dimensions
    7 x 1 x 5 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0515086517
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0515086515
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Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Award and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He has also won four Shamus Awards, and was the first recipient of the Nero Wolfe Award. He is the author of over 40 books, many of which feature the characters Bernie Rhodenbarr, Matthew Scudder, Chip Harrison, and Evan Tanner. He lives in New York City with his wife Lynne.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jove (June 1, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0515086517
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0515086515
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 80 ratings

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Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery, and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published more than 100 books, and no end of short stories.

LB is best known for his series characters, including Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, and Keller. LB has also published under pseudonyms including Jill Emerson, John Warren Wells, Lesley Evans, and Anne Campbell Clarke.

His monthly instructional column ran in Writer’s Digest for 14 years and led to a series of books for writers. He has also written television and film screenplays. Several of LB’s books have been filmed, including A Walk Among the Tombstones.

LB is a Grand Master of Mystery Writers of America. He has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards, the Japanese Maltese Falcon award, the Nero Wolfe and Philip Marlowe awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Diamond Dagger for Life Achievement from the Crime Writers Association of the UK, been proclaimed a Grand Maitre du Roman Noir, and has been awarded the Société 813 trophy.

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Heath
5.0 out of 5 stars Relentless Revenge Tale
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2011
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One of the happiest events in publishing this last year was the flood of re-releases on e-book of Lawrence Block titles. His fans finally got to grab up inexpensive editions of some of the Master's earliest work, and see an entirely different aspect of his vast talents.

One of the earliest of these new e-book releases was DEADLY HONEYMOON, a novel Block wrote in 1967 and which has been in and out of print over the years ever since. I was particularly excited about this one, since I'd been buying and reading the Hard Case Crime reprints and enjoying the hell out of them. According to Block's essay at the back of the book, DEADLY HONEYMOON was inspired by his friend Donald Westlake, and was his very first hardcover release.

In essence, this is a simple, relentless revenge tale. Dave and Jill are young newlyweds on their honeymoon, bright-eyed and eager for the future, until they witness a murder and become victims themselves--the bad guys beat Dave senseless, and, almost on a whim, brutally rape Jill. Thankfully, Block doesn't go into detail on this (after all, who wants to read a rape scene?) but in his clinical, almost detached vagueness, Block succeeds in horrifying you. It's the sudden shift that does it, the juxtaposition of a young couple so happy and naïve just pages earlier, confronted with a sort of violence they never could have conceived of.

Instead of going to the police, Dave and Jill decide to take matters into their own hands. Something has been taken away from them, they feel; something that can only be paid for in blood.

The two of them go to New York on the trail of the enemy, and over the course of tracking them down discover how deep the darkness in their own hearts goes. They still love each other, still want each other, but their desire for vengeance tests everything they think they know about themselves.

DEADLY HONEYMOON is an immensely satisfying novel, moving along at a breakneck pace, lingering only briefly on their fumbling and bittersweet attempts to hold onto each other. A lot of the anxiety in reading it comes from your fear that, after all this, will they ever be able to return to any sort of normalcy. And Lawrence Block keeps you on edge about that until the final pages.

An absolutely top-notch, brilliant novel.
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Melvin Morse
3.0 out of 5 stars Simple basic story of revenge: The star system can't evaluate it
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2011
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This is a blunt simple basic story of revenge. There is very little development of the characters or the potentially complex story line. A couple witnesses a murder. The woman gets raped on her wedding night by the murderers. She was a virgin waiting for her wedding night to give herself to her only love.

It was hard to assign a number of stars. It is excellent for what it is. Furthermore, I am not sure we need to know anything about how this crime effected the couple, the brutality speaks for itself.

I loved the book, and it is deeply satisfying on every level. It was written by a master story teller.

So why only 3 stars? It is outstanding for what it is.
Yet ultimately I feel 4 & 5 stars must be for true pieces of literature.
This is not great literature. It would be an outstanding 2 hour TV movie.
It is a dead ahead no frills no insights no emotional discussions well written story of loss and satisfying revenge.

Melvin Morse
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018
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Interesting story of revenge. Lots of holes in the plot but doesn't really detract from the story. If you're like me, you'll wonder why Lublin didn't make up a name and address and have gunmen waiting when they showed up. But, even with these mistakes, I still enjoyed the story and was glad I took the time to read it. Block is certainly one of the masters.
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Susan Cody
5.0 out of 5 stars White Lace and Promises?
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2011
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Even with the word "Honeymoon" in the title, if you know Lawrence Block, you don't expect satin sheets and rose petals, do you? Good. Because you aren't going to get them in this book. This is one of Mr. Block's early works, yet it lacks absolutely nothing in the art of storytelling.

When something DEADLY occurs on a fresh young couple's HONEYMOON, they take matters into their own hands, scouring the streets of an unknown New York City to find the people on whom they will exact their revenge. While I was reading Dave's dogged pursuit of clue after clue to run down his prey, I wondered whether I was witnessing the birth of Matthew Scudder. Could be.

Do not - DO NOT - stop hitting "next" until the progress bar at the bottom of your Kindle is all the way to 100 per cent. There are some treasures at the end that you don't want to miss.

It's a wild ride. Enjoy it.
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Cliff Hardy
2.0 out of 5 stars Don't start here!
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2011
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I often wondered why many famous authors make it difficult for readers to sample their very early work. After reading Deadly Honeymoon I think I might have the answer. Up front I have to say that Lawrence Block is one of my favourite authors and Matt Scudder one of my favourite characters in the crime fiction world. So when Mr Block started e-publishing and promoting some of his very early work I thought I would have a look.

Deadly Honeymoon is a straight out and out revenge tale. A young couple on their honeymoon witness a gangland murder and then the two hitmen decide to beat the husband and rape the wife. The reason they don't kill them is because one of the goons decides "I don't like killing nobody without I get paid for it". Then in less than half a page of dialogue the couple decide they will head to New York, track the two men down, and kill them.

What follows is a very,very linear story with more detail given to street directions than fleshing out the characters. Interestingly Block says in the afterword that Gold Medal (who had published some of his other earlier stories) turned this book down.

Full kudos to Lawrence Block for making his earlier work available to readers. If you are a Block fan this may be of interest to you. If you want to sample his earlier work I would suggest those books published by Hard Case Crime which are much stronger than this. If you are new to Block don't start here!
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Andrew Leary
5.0 out of 5 stars A revenge story that satisfies..
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2017
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I really enjoyed this story. A shocking start leads to a revenge story that really satisfies.
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Greggorio!
5.0 out of 5 stars TIL DEATH DO US PART.....
Reviewed in Australia on May 14, 2016
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What starts out as a dream of a honeymoon soon turns into a horrific nightmare for two young and virginal newlyweds. One day into their planned four week sabbatical into blissful domesticity, violence mixed up with unplanned lust destroys their lives. In the blink of an eye, the two victims (the former innocent lovebirds) witness a brutal murder and then become victims of both physical and sexual assault, plan their vengeance and select Justice as their new God, and then re-arrange their lives in order to re-discover the peace that was so cruelly taken from them.

DEADLY HONEYMOON is a short book. It should take just on two hours to read but it is a fast paced, action based tale of revenge. It does not possess much poetic worth but there is plenty of satisfaction for a job well done at the end, as well as a happy ending for the story’s heroes. Some books take their time to find their pace, but this one hit a home run right from the opening page.

The kind hearted reader (aren’t we all) will fall in love with the two main characters within minutes and that’s really the only emotional attachment you are going to need to enjoy this book. The way the killers are tracked down is very clever; but you can tell the book was written and set in a different era than the one we are blessed to find ourselves living in now. They must breed lawyers tough in the States (or they did back when this book was written), as some of the information gathering was quite brutal. Effective, though.

Having just finished this book I am typing away on my virtual keyboard writing this review and i think how easily i could sit down for a re-read of DEADLY HONEYMOON. The opening chapter is fresh and well populated with engaging characters but storm clouds start to gather quickly in the small town of Pomquit so before i do so, i want to make sure the windows and doors are all locked. You don’t know just what the wind will blow in.

Another five star read from a fan down under.
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Cubbie
4.0 out of 5 stars Frühwerk des Meisters
Reviewed in Germany on March 30, 2004
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Für echte Lawrence Block Fans ein Muss, für sonstige Krimifreunde eher uninteressant. Definitiv eines der frühen Werke aus der Feder von Lawrence Block, man erkennt es nicht zuletzt daran, das die Akteure Kette rauchen (kaum denkbar heutzutage in den USA) und die Preise für gewisse Dienstleistungen lächerlich gering sind (ein Hotelzimmer für US $ 5,50 in New York !!!).
Wie schon angedeutet ist die Story nur Durchschnitt, ein Ehepaar wird ungewollt Zeuge eines Mordes und beschliesst später die Täter zu finden und den Mord zu rächen. Trotzdem ganz passable Unterhaltung.
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