Find a Victim: A Lew Archer Novel - Softcover

Macdonald, Ross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375708677 ISBN 13: 9780375708671

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2001

Synopsis

Las Cruces wasn’t a place most travelers would think to stop. But after private investigator Lew Archer plays the good samaritan and picks up a bloodied hitchhiker, he finds himself in town for a few days awaiting a murder inquest. A hijacked truck full of liquor and an evidence box full of marijuana, $20,000 from a big-time bank heist by a small-time crook, corruption, adultery, incest, prodigal daughters, and abused wives all make the little town seem a lot more interesting than any guide book ever could. And as the murder rate rises, Archer finds himself caught up in mystery where everyone is a suspect and everyone’s a victim.

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From the Inside Flap:

asn’t a place most travelers would think to stop. But after Lew Archer plays the good samaritan and picks up a bloodied hitchhiker, he finds himself in town for a few days awaiting a murder inquest. A hijacked truck full of liquor and an evidence box full of marijuana, $20,000 from a big time bank heist by a small time crook, corruption, adultery, incest, prodigal daughters and abused wives all make the little town seem a lot more interesting than any guide book ever could. And as the murder rate rises, Archer finds himself caught up in mystery where everyone is a suspect and everyone’s a victim.

From the Back Cover:

“The writing is incisive and perceptive...forceful and fast-past...powerful and personal...a strange and haunting blend.”–The New York Times Book Review

“[Ross Macdonald] carried form and style about as far as they would go, writing classic family tragedies in the guise of private detective mysteries.”–The Guardian

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375708677
• ISBN 13: 9780375708671
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224