The Dark Tunnel, Ross Macdonald
The Dark Tunnel, Ross Macdonald
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The Dark Tunnel

Author: Ross Macdonald

Narrator: Tom Parker

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2005

Synopsis

Doctor Robert Branch is a university professor, not a secret agent. But his best friend is dead, and Branch knows it wasnt suicide. He is also certain the murder was arranged by a Nazi espionage group operating on campus. The trouble is that no one will believe him. Branch knows that the Nazis will have him eliminated as soon as it is convenient. He has even narrowed down who the executioner will be: a psychotic homosexual, an educator, or the woman he loves.

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

AudiobooksNow review by Samuel on 2008-01-07 00:54:35

The book is a very engaging WW II spy mystery. I did not know that it was written in 1944 when I started to listen to it I guess I missed the copy write date in the introduction. At all events, I could quickly tell from the archaic style it was not someone writing about how he or she believed life was like in the forties. Rather it was a true representation of the period. It was wonderful! I’m by no means a prude, but the lack of explicit sex and four letter words was a refreshing time out from other writers that I listen to like J. D. Robb, whom I adore.

Goodreads review by Bill

This is the first published novel by Ross Macdonald, and Lew Archer fans need to know that it is not only not a Lew Archer novel (in spite of what the covers of some paperbacks say) but it is not even a full-fledged murder mystery. Sure, it has murders and a bit of mystery, but it is really a spy st......more

Goodreads review by Jay

I was a mystery reader while very young, jumping quickly from the Hardy boys to Agatha Christie. And I liked quirky California rock. In the Spring before my high school graduation, Rolling Stone Magazine had favorite singer Warren Zevon on the cover. Zevon’s story of alcoholism and the intervention......more

Goodreads review by James

A classic noir/pulp fiction style thriller. It is reminiscent of This Gun for Hire, Brighton Rock and The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene with a little Dashiell Hammett flair.......more

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