The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer Series) - Softcover

Book 2 of 18: Lew Archer Series

Macdonald, Ross

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9780679768067: The Drowning Pool (Lew Archer Series)
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ISBN 10: 0679768068 ISBN 13: 9780679768067
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1996

Synopsis

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred—and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

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About the Author

Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, 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 Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.

From the Back Cover

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred--and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

From the Inside Flap

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred--and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

Reviews

Published in 1965, 1963, and 1950, respectively, this trio feature Macdonald's hard-boiled private detective Lew Archer. The plots involve murder, deceit, blackmail, sex, and all those other goodies that make for great crime stories.
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Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0679768068
ISBN 13 
9780679768067
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
Rating
  • 3.93 out of 5 stars
    7,686 ratings by Goodreads

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