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La Grimace d'ivoire

La Grimace d'ivoire

CrimeMystery
Pages
223
Published
2000
Language
French

Synopsis

Private investigator Lew Archer is hired to find a missing woman, but the case quickly turns into a hunt for a cold-blooded killer. As he digs into the secrets of a small California town, he discovers that everyone has something to hide. This hard-boiled mystery follows Archer through a web of blackmail and old grudges.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

GrittyAtmospheric
Morally Grey

Genres

Crime Mystery

Authors

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Igor B. Maslowski

Igor B. Maslowski is the author of the novel La Grimace d'ivoire. He writes with a distinctive voice that readers appreciate.

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Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works (particularly the Archer novels) have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the pr...

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