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The Way Some People Die (1951).
By Ross Macdonald.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0307278980
ISBN-13: 978-0307278982
Back cover description:
“The greatest American
mystery novelist. Macdonald imbued the mystery with the qualities of a
full-bodied novel: impeccable plotting, a sense of place, a careful delineation
of human psychology, and a perfect fusion of story and character.” – Richard North
Patterson.
In a rundown house in
Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crumpled bills into Lew
Archer's hand and asks him to find her wandering daughter, Galatea. Described
as ‘crazy for men’ and without discrimination, she was 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 Francisco 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 finds 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.
“Ross
Macdonald gives to the detective story that accent of class that Raymond
Chandler did.” – Chicago Tribune.
