Review of 'A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Matthew Scudder, #17)' on 'LibraryThing'
Classic Scudder, recounting an earlier chapter in his life, a case he investigated just as he was coming up on his first anniversary of being sober. The unlicensed PI has the job of finding out who killed a man he knew growing up, a fellow member of AA. He had been working through the steps, and is now visiting people from his past to make amends but his ascent of the steps is halted when he's . Since his past was criminal, Scudder has plenty of suspects to locate and check off his list. Like meeting an old friend.