The Way Some People Die
by Macdonald, Ross
- Used
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0307278980
- ISBN 13
- 9780307278982
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About This Item
US: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2007. Paperback. Good. In a rundown house in Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crum pled bills into Lew Archer's hand and asks him to find her wandering daught er, Galatea. Described as 'crazy for men' and without discrimination, she w as last seen driving off with small-time gangster Joe Tarantine, a hophead hood with a rep for violence. Archer traces the hidden trail from San Franc isco slum alleys to the luxury of Palm Springs, traveling through an urban wilderness of drugs and viciousness. As the bodies begin to pile up, he fin ds that even angel faces can mask the blackest of hearts.Filled with dope, delinquents and murder, this is classic Macdonald and one of his very best in the Lew Archer series.
Synopsis
Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Silver Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000065494
- Title
- The Way Some People Die
- Author
- Macdonald, Ross
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0307278980
- ISBN 13
- 9780307278982
- Publisher
- Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2007
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