A Drop Of The Hard Stuff

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Matt Scudder and Jack Ellery grew up together but were never exactly friends. Twenty years later, when Scudder was a detective and Jack was part of a police line-up, it was clear their lives had taken very different paths. But what they did share was an ongoing battle with alcohol. Now, both men are on the straight and narrow and Ellery is trying to make amends to the people he's wronged over the years. But when Ellery ends up with a bullet in the head it's clear that stirring up the past isn't always such a good idea. Suddenly Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his own recovery – and get him killed in the process...