Cornell Woolrich and Lawrence Block: Into the Night (2024)

From the Publisher:
Two of the Greatest Authors of Noir Fiction in an Unforgettable Collaboration
An innocent woman lies dead in the street, felled by a stray bullet. Now its up to the woman who killed her to pick up the threads of her victim's life, carrying out a mission of vengeance on her behalf against the man she loved and lost-and the nightclub-singing femme fatale who drove them apart.

Begun in the last years of his life by noir master Cornell Woolrich, the haunted genius responsible for such classics as Rear Window and The Bride Wore Black, and completed decades later by MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block, INTO THE NIGHT-- available for the first time in more than 35 years, and for the first time ever in this special revised edition, featuring an all-new ending -- is a posthumous collaboration that extends beyond the grave, echoing the book's own story of the living taking on and completing the unfinished work of the dead.

"INTO THE NIGHT may well be the most important mystery novel of the year, a truly bravura performance by Woolrich and Block." WEST COAST REVIEW OF BOOKS

"A potent distillation of Woolrich's darkest obsessions... good unclean fun." CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"The supreme master of suspense." NEW YORK TIMES

Cornell Woolrich and Lawrence Block: Into the Night. Titan Publ., ISBN: 9781803366999 (May, 2024), Hard Case Crime # 163, 240 p., $16.99, £8.99.

Cornell Woolrich and Lawrence Block: Into the Night (USA 1987)

From the Publisher:
In depths of despair, the beautirul, lonely Madeline contemplates suicide. She gently strokes an ugly revolver, the sole legacy of an alcoholic father. Holding the barrel to her temple, she pulls the trigger. There is only the click of the hammer on an empty chamber.

The failure of the weapon brings on a rush of joy, and renewed hope for her future. She hrows down the explodes with deadly tury. Thi bullet strikes an innocent young woman passing in the street outside, who in the next moment dies in Madeline's arms.

So begins Into the Night, the quintessential Cornell Woolrich novel, never before published. Although Woolrich worked on it for years, this tale of hatred and passion, of love and suspense, remained unfinished at the time of his death. This undiscovered masterpiece has been completed by Lawrence Block -- one of today's most distinguished mystery writers-to create a work which will stand beside Woolrich's Rear Window, Phantom Lady and The Bride Wore Black.

Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich transformed his own unhappy life into the finest body of pure suspense literature ever written. His subtle tales of psychological terror insured his reputation as one of the finest mystery writers of our time. He died alone in his New York hotel room in 1968.

Lawrence Block
Lawrence Block is one of the most talented and versatile of contemporary crime authors. Among his many novels are Eight Million Ways to Die and When the Sacred Ginmill Closes. He lives in Florida.

Cornell Woolrich and Lawrence Block: Into the Night. A never-before published novel by the master of suspense, completed by Lawrence Block. With an Afterword by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.. The Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892962003 (July, 1987), 181 p., $16.95.