The Girl with the Long Green Heart

A Hard Case Crime Novel

De: Lawrence Block

Narrado por: Alan Sklar

She was every man's dream - and one man's nightmare.

Johnny Hayden and Doug Rance had a scheme to take real estate entrepreneur Wallace Gunderman for all he was worth. But they needed a girl on the inside to make it work. Enter Evelyn Stone: Gunderman's secretary, his lover - and his worst enemy. Gunderman had promised to marry her, but never came through. Now she's ready to make him pay...

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Absolutely Fantastic

One of my all time Favorite Hard Case Crime Novels. Lawrence Block at his best. AAA+++

Film noir

Classic, hard boiled detective thriller. Well written and very nicely read. Would make a nice movie.

The Long Con

I really enjoyed this entertaining (if dated) story about a couple of grifters trying to pull a long con. Block's writing is taut, his characters interesting and of course, there's some unexpected intrigue!

The Hard Case Crime series rarely seems to disappoint and Alan Sklar's narration is a perfect match for Block's writing.

ok book, so so narrator

interesting story over all. the performance for me not so good. being I'm from the olean area he couldn't pronounce correctly Olean or Bolivar . oh well.

Great con story

This is one of Lawrence Block’s best. He takes you deep into the life of grifters practicing the “long con”. Characters are great, plot is excellent and there are some nice twists.

Predictable, or so I thought!

This is one of the Hard Case Series. A friend clued me into the fact that this was a series way back when I read [I:]"The Colorado Kid" [/I:]by Stephen King, which I really enjoyed. Each is a tale (longer than a short story, shorter than a novel (about 6 hrs in audiobook format)) written by a different author. I figured I'd give the rest of the series a try. At first I thought "The Girl..." was very transparent, but the author had more in mind. Although slow at times ove...more This is one of the Hard Case Series. A friend clued me into the fact that this was a series way back when I read [I:]"The Colorado Kid" [/I:]by Stephen King, which I really enjoyed. Each is a tale (longer than a short story, shorter than a novel (about 6 hrs in audiobook format)) written by a different author. I figured I'd give the rest of the series a try. At first I thought "The Girl..." was very transparent, but the author had more in mind. Although slow at times overall the bit of a twist on an old tried and true plot makes it worth the read

Inside the grifters life

This is a beautifull grifter’s story that really makes you feel inside a grifters mind and life.
Alan Sklar is the perfect narrator for this genre and adds tremendous value to the book.

great classic grifter story

a tiny bit slow but great narration and I'm glad that it was paced exactly that way. it build up without being noticed and the Caper became more and more intriguing. don't know if there's a sequel or not I'd buy it

Great all around

Really great story and writing. Beyond exceptional narration by Alan Sklar. His voice and abilities really draw you in to the story.