The Way Some People Die (1951).
by Ross Macdonald.
ISBN-13: 978-0307278982
“The greatest American mystery novelist.
Macdonald imbued the mystery with the qualities of a full-bodied novel:
impeccable plotting, a sense of place, a careful delineation of human
psychology, and a perfect fusion of story and character.” – Richard North
Patterson.
In a rundown house in Santa Monica, Mrs.
Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crumpled bills into Lew Archer's hand and asks
him to find her wandering daughter, Galatea. Described as ‘crazy for men’ and
without discrimination, she was last seen driving off with small-time gangster
Joe Tarantine, a hophead hood with a rep for violence. Archer traces the hidden
trail from San Francisco slum alleys to the luxury of Palm Springs, traveling
through an urban wilderness of drugs and viciousness. As the bodies begin to pile
up, he finds that even angel faces can mask the blackest of hearts. Filled with
dope, delinquents and murder, this is classic Macdonald and one of his very
best in the Lew Archer series.
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