Ross Macdonald Libri

Lew Archer è assunto dalla signora Lawrence di Santa Monica a cinquanta dollari al giorno per ritrovare sua figlia Galatea, detta Galley. Per prima cosa scopre che la ragazza si è sposata con un piccolo gangster, Joe Tarantine. Ma subito dopo un boss del giro grosso che traffica in stupefacenti e affini offre ad Archer cinquemila dollari per trovare Tarantine, sparito probabilmente con una partita di droga. D'altra parte Archer finisce per trovarsi coinvolto personalmente nel caso: qualcuno viene ucciso con la sua pistola. La caccia rischia così di trasformarsi anche in una fuga, che lo porta dapprima a Palm Springs, poi a San Francisco in una girandola di andirivieni frenetica e pericolosa in cui passa in rassegna una galleria di personaggi coinvolti nel gigantesco imbroglio. Dopo aver incontrato lungo la sua strada cadaveri, truffatori e ragazzine che si drogano e si prostituiscono, Archer scopre ancora una volta che colpevoli e innocenti finiscono per essere risucchiati nella stessa macina, in un indistinguibile miscuglio di dolore e sangue.

"The three novels collected in this second volume in the Library of America Ross Macdonald edition represent for many readers the summit of American crime writing. They remain thrilling for their searing psychological truth-telling, daring flights of narrative invention, and their keenly observed picture of the manners and morals of a particular time and place (Southern California in the early 1960s). Each reflects Macdonald's enduring concern with the hidden crimes and agonizing dysfunctions that haunt families from one generation to the next."--

It's 1945. Ensign Sam Drake attends a party on his last night stationed in Hawaii and meets the woman of his dreams. But before the night is out, her best friend is dead in an upstairs room at the party. It appears to be suicide.The next day Sam starts his leave before receiving a new post. He returns to his home town of Detroit, and decides to check into a connection there between the dead woman and a radical group of black activists. Another death quickly follows and Sam finds himself on a cross-country adventure, haunted by dangerous characters everywhere he turns.

After retirement from a career in medicine, the author turned his acute and wide-ranging mind to the study of the history and traditions of his native Lewis. With over sixty essays on people, places and tradition, this title reveals a range of the author's erudition, and informs his love and deep knowledge of his native island. schovat popis

Lew Archer's investigation into a wealthy man's dubious son-in-law quickly spirals into a complex web of murder, leading him from California's citrus belt to Mazatlan. As he uncovers a series of corpses, he encounters a zebra-striped hearse and a group of sun-kissed surfers, whose lives intertwine with the case. This fast-paced novel blends suspense and intrigue against the vivid backdrop of the California coast.

"In The Chill a distraught young man hires Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly Kincaid than Archer finds himself entangled in two murders, one twenty years old, the other so recent that the blood is still wet. What ensues is a detective novel of nerve-racking suspense, desperately believable characters, and one of the most intricate plots ever spun by an American crime writer."--Publisher's description