The Galton Case

The Galton Case
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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780307759672
ISBN-13 : 0307759679
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Galton Case by : Ross Macdonald

Lew Archer returns in this gripping mystery, widely recognized as one of acclaimed mystery writer Ross Macdonald's very best, about the search for the long lost heir of the wealthy Galton family. Almost twenty years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Devious and poetic, The Galton Case displays MacDonald at the pinnacle of his form.

The Far Side of the Dollar

The Far Side of the Dollar
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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780307773159
ISBN-13 : 0307773159
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Far Side of the Dollar by : Ross Macdonald

In The Far Side of the Dollar, private investigator Lew Archer is looking for an unstable rich kid who has run away from an exclusive reform school—and into the arms of kidnappers. Why are his desperate parents so loath to give Archer the information he needs to find him? And why do all trails lead to a derelict Hollywood hotel where starlets and sailors once rubbed elbows with two-bit grifters—and where the present clientele includes a brand-new corpse? The result is Ross Macdonald at his most exciting, delivering 1,000-volt shocks to the nervous system while uncovering the venality and depravity at the heart of the case.

The Chill

The Chill
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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780307759597
ISBN-13 : 0307759598
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis The Chill by : Ross Macdonald

In The Chill a distraught young man hires private investigator Lew Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots ever spun by an American crime writer.

It's All One Case

It's All One Case
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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781606998885
ISBN-13 : 1606998889
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis It's All One Case by : Paul Nelson

This is a prose series of unpublished interviews with, and a visual retrospective of, the seminal mid- to late-20th century literary crime writer. In 1976, critic Paul Nelson spent several weeks interviewing legendary detective writer Ross Macdonald, who elevated the form to a new literary level. “We talked about everything imaginable,” Nelson wrote―including Macdonald’s often meager beginnings; his dual citizenship; writers, painters, music, and movies he admired; The Great Gatsby, his favorite book; how he used symbolism to change detective writing; and more. This book, published in a handsome, oversized format, collects these unpublished interviews and is a visual history of Macdonald’s professional career. It is illustrated with rare and select items from one of the world’s largest private archives of Macdonald ephemera; reproduces, in full color, the covers of the various editions of Macdonald’s more than two dozen books; collects facsimile reproductions of select pages from his manuscripts, as well as magazine spreads; and presents rare photos, many never before seen.

The Instant Enemy

The Instant Enemy
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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780307279057
ISBN-13 : 0307279057
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis The Instant Enemy by : Ross Macdonald

Generations of murder, greed and deception come home to roost in time for the most shocking conclusion ever in a Lew Archer novel. At first glance, it's an open-and-shut missing persons case: a headstrong daughter has run off to be with her hothead juvenile delinquent boyfriend. That is until this bush-league Bonnie & Clyde kidnap Stephen Hackett, a local millionaire industrialist. Now, Archer is offered a cool 100 Gs for his safe return by his coquettish heiress mother who has her own mysterious ties to this disturbed duo. But the deeper Archer digs, the more he realizes that nothing is as it seems and everything is questionable. Is the boyfriend a psycho ex-con with murder on the brain or a damaged youngster trying to straighten out his twisted family tree? And is the daughter simply his nympho sex-kitten companion in crime or really a fragile kid, trying to block out horrific memories of bad acid and an unspeakable sex crime?

Beast in View

Beast in View
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Publisher : Soho Press
Total Pages : 186
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ISBN-10 : 9781681990125
ISBN-13 : 1681990121
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Beast in View by : Margaret Millar

Hailed as one of the greatest psychological mysteries ever written and winner of the 1956 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel, Beast in View remains as freshly sinister today as the day it was first published. Thirty-year-old Helen Clarvoe is scared and all alone. The heiress of a small fortune, she is resented by her mother and, to a lesser degree, her brother. The only person who seemingly cares for her is the family’s attorney, Paul Blackshear. A shut-in, Helen maintains her residence in an upscale hotel downtown. But passive-aggressive resentment isn’t the only thing hounding Helen Clarvoe. A string of bizarre and sometimes threatening prank phone calls has upended her spinster’s routine. Increasingly threatened, she turns to a reluctant Mr. Blackshear to get to the bottom of these strange calls. Blackshear is doubtful of their seriousness but he quickly realizes that he is in the midst of something far more sinister than he thought possible. As he unravels the mystery of the calls the identity behind them slowly emerges, predatory and treacherous.

The Moving Target

The Moving Target
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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780307773180
ISBN-13 : 0307773183
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Moving Target by : Ross Macdonald

The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity only hinted at before. Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshipping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain; the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and S&M. Now one of Sampson's friends may have arranged his kidnapping. As Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where you get beaten up between sets, The Moving Target blends sex, greed, and family hatred into an explosively readable crime novel.

The Essential Mystery Lists

The Essential Mystery Lists
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Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Inc
Total Pages : 591
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ISBN-10 : 9781615952038
ISBN-13 : 1615952039
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Essential Mystery Lists by : Roger M Sobin

For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.

The Instant Enemy

The Instant Enemy
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Synopsis The Instant Enemy by : Ross Macdonald

Find a Victim

Find a Victim
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Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105110353369
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Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Find a Victim by : Ross Macdonald

A dying hitchhiker leads Lew Archer into the dark side of the small town of Las Cruces, California.