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The way some people die

The way some people die

ClassicsCrime
Pages
185
Published
1951
Language
English

Synopsis

Private investigator Lew Archer is hired by a worried mother to find her missing daughter, but the search quickly leads him into the dark underbelly of coastal California. He finds himself caught between ruthless mobsters and a woman who might be more dangerous than the men hunting her. This hardboiled mystery explores how far people will go for money and the high cost of getting involved with the wrong crowd.

Prose complexity
7/10

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GrittyDarkAtmospheric
Morally GreyBetrayalMystery Box

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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