布洛剋是當代美國偵探小說大師，他的小說不僅在美國備受推崇，還跨越大西洋，完全徵服瞭自詡為偵探小說原鄉的歐洲。

1938年6月24日生於紐約水牛城，當代美國冷硬派偵探小說大師，紐約犯罪行吟詩人。19歲發錶處女作《你不可錯過》,之後近50年，筆耕不綴, 至今已有30多部小說問世,被譽為當代歐美偵探推理小說第一人。1959年畢業於俄亥俄州安提阿科學院，目前定居紐約。

A beautiful young woman called Marilyn picks up a stranger in a bar and takes him home to her Manhattan apartment. The next morning her housekeeper discovers Marilyn's body. Marilyn's life and death have far-reaching effects on others, even people she has never met: a charismatic former police commissioner on the verge of a breakdown; a struggling writer; a folk art dealer plumbing the depths of her own fierce sexuality; a lawyer who prefers murder trials because there's one witness fewer. And in a city reeling from 9/11, an unlikely mass murderer wages a one-man war against everyone. In this gripping, multi-faceted story, Block not only brings to life in brilliant detail the city of New York, but proves he is one of the most talented, innovative and surprising crime writers in the business.