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The blue hammer

The blue hammer

ClassicsCrime
Pages
281
Published
1976
Language
English

Synopsis

Private investigator Lew Archer is hired to track down a stolen painting, but the case quickly spirals into a decades-old mystery involving a missing artist. As he digs into the wealthy Biemeyer family's secrets, Archer discovers that the past is never truly buried. This final entry in the series showcases a master detective navigating a web of greed and hidden identities in Southern California.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

GrittyAtmosphericReflective
Mystery BoxFamily SagaBetrayal

Genres

Classics Crime Mystery

About the author

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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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