Las Cruces wasnt a place most travelers would think to stop. But after Lew Archer plays the good samaritan and picks up a bloodied hitchhiker, he finds himself in town for a few days awaiting a murder inquest. A hijacked truck full of liquor and an evidence box full of marijuana, $20,000 from a big
Find a Victim
β Scribed by MacDonald, Ross
- Book ID
- 109153402
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 109 KB
- Series
- Lew Archer 5
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
From Library Journal
Though it doesn't have much of a title, this Lew Archer whodunit finds the gumshoe stopping over in a small town for an inquest. The seemingly quiet community reveals itself to be a hive of incest, corruption, dope dealing, and stolen booze. All in a day's work for a hard-boiled private investigator. This 1954 volume is for all mystery collections.
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Review
βThe writing is incisive and perceptive...forceful and fast-past...powerful and personal...a strange and haunting blend.ββ The New York Times Book Review
β[Ross Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries.ββ The Guardian
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Las Cruces wasnt a place most travelers would think to stop. But after Lew Archer plays the good samaritan and picks up a bloodied hitchhiker, he finds himself in town for a few days awaiting a murder inquest. A hijacked truck full of liquor and an evidence box full of marijuana, $20,000 from a big
### From Library Journal Though it doesn't have much of a title, this Lew Archer whodunit finds the gumshoe stopping over in a small town for an inquest. The seemingly quiet community reveals itself to be a hive of incest, corruption, dope dealing, and stolen booze. All in a day's work for a hard-b