Time to Murder and Create

Small-timestoolie,Jake"TheSpinner"Jablon,madealotofnewenemieswhenheswitchedcareers,frominformertoblackmailer.Andthemore"clients",hefigured,themoremoney—andmorepeopleeagertoseehimdead.SonooneissurprisedwhenthepigeonisfoundfloatingintheEastRiverwithhisskullbashedin.Andwhat'sworse,noonecares—exceptMatthewScudder.Theex-cop-turned-private-eyeisnoconscientiousavengingangel.Buthe'swillingtoriskhisownlifeandlimbtoconfrontSpinner'smostmurderouslyaggressivemarks.Ajob'sajobafterall—andScudder'sbeenpaidtofindakiller—bythevictim...inadvance.Nooneissurprisedwheninformer/blackmailerJake"TheSpinner"JablonisfoundfloatingintheEastRiverwithhisskullbashedin.Infact,noonereallycares,exceptMattScudderwhowaspaidtofindakiller--bythevictim--inadvance.Scudder'swillingtoriskhisownlifeandlimbtofindSpinner'skillers.Outofprintsince1984.