

The Blue Hammer
Author: Ross Macdonald
Narrator: Tom Parker
Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/22/2005
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
Author: Ross Macdonald
Narrator: Tom Parker
Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/22/2005
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective
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.
This is Ross Macdonald's final novel, and the last in the series of Lew Archer mysteries. It is a very good novel, animated by the usual Macdonald themes, and marks a fitting end to a life of literary achievement. Detective Lew Archer is hired by Ruth Beimeyer for what seems like a routine job: to fi......more
Yesterday I got so sick of that stupid Seth Rogen superhero movie trailer that I turned to my ladycakes and said, "I would honestly like to smash that Green Hornet with a Blue Hammer." Inasmuch as I know how unoriginal I am, I was sure that image---the cobalt ballpeen (my high-school nickname, btw)-......more