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ISBN-10: 0307279030
ISBN-13: 9780307279033
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Publish Date: 12/04/2007
Dimensions: 8.04" L, 5.28" W, 0.57" H

The Barbarous Coast

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Overview

The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy “uncle,” Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the stink of blackmail, blood-money, and murder on every pricey silk shirt. Beset by dirty cops, a bumptious boxer turned silver screen pretty boy and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past, Archer discovers the secret of a grisly murder that just won’t stay hidden.Lew Archer navigates through the watery, violent world of wealth and privilege, in this electrifying story of obsession gone mad.

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"Ross Macdonald writes like a son-of-a-bitch." –Anthony Boucher"Not since the novels of Nathanael West has the theme of American innocence grinding to a stop at the polluted waters of the Pacific so consistently reverberated through a body of writing." –Detroit News"Macdonald makes a routine story of ocean-side murder among the rich take on a hard-edged, glistening solidity." –AudioFile
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Details

ISBN-10: 0307279030
ISBN-13: 9780307279033
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Publish Date: 12/04/2007
Dimensions: 8.04" L, 5.28" W, 0.57" H
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