The Barbarous Coast, Ross Macdonald
The Barbarous Coast, Ross Macdonald
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The Barbarous Coast

Author: Ross Macdonald

Narrator: Tom Parker

Unabridged: 7 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/22/2005

Synopsis

In The Barbarous Coast, Lew Archers pursuit of a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to high living leads him to an exfighter with an unexplained movie contract, a bigtime gambler who died by his own knife, and finally to an answer he would rather not have known.

About Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald (1915–1983) was the pen name of Kenneth Millar. For over twenty years he lived in Santa Barbara and wrote mystery novels about the fascinating and changing society of his native state. He is widely credited with elevating the detective novel to the level of literature with his compactly written tales of murder and despair. His works have received awards from the Mystery Writers of America and of Great Britain, and his book The Moving Target was made into the movie Harper in 1966. In 1982 he was awarded the Eye Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Private Eye Writers of America.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 26, 2019

This book is effective, in its way, with some fine behind-the-scenes glimpses of Hollywood, mobsters, and the country club crowd, and Archer is good too, making more than a few weary observations about how private detecting has changed him, and not for the better. We get our first sustained look at......more

Goodreads review by David on July 26, 2023

#6 in the Lew Archer series shows that Macdonald was really in the swing of things at this point. The case that Archer is hired for here is rather straightforward. This time out, The Road to Whodunit isn't maddeningly complex, with cul-de-sacs everywhere. Nevertheless, the solution to this mystery d......more

Goodreads review by Aditya on January 23, 2020

The Barbarous Coast is not among the series' best but still a solid noir. Archer has to find a missing wife - Hester Campbell who wants to have nothing to do with her deadbeat husband. She would rather get rich real fast by blackmailing a mobbed up Hollywood producer. Blackmail is injurious to healt......more

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