The Doomsters by Ross MacDonald - 1958

E-018: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf. 1958. 251 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (very light chipping present to the crown & heel of the DJ spine). Bound in paper-covered boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie scion of an obscenely wealthy political dynasty, detective Lew Archer investigates the suspicious deaths of his parents, Senator Hallman and his wife Alicia. Arriving in the sleepy town of Purissima, Archer discovers that orange groves may be where the Hallmans made their mint, but they’ve has been investing heavily in political intimidation and police brutality to shore up their rancid wealth. E-018; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .