The Moving Target, Ross Macdonald
The Moving Target, Ross Macdonald
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The Moving Target
A Lew Archer Novel

Author: Ross Macdonald

Narrator: Tom Parker

Unabridged: 6 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2008

Synopsis

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. Theres the sunworshiping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain, and the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and S&M. Now, one of Sampsons friends may have arranged his kidnapping. As private eye Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where you can get beaten up between sets, The Moving Target blends sex, greed, misdirected love, and family hatred into an explosive crime novel.

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

I read all of the Archer books some thirty-five years ago, and since then I have been under the impression that none of the books until The Galton Case was worthy of attention. I was wrong. True, The Moving Target (Archer #1) lacks a family tragedy with haunted children that is the hallmark of later......more

Goodreads review by Kemper

I’ve got to make a shameful confession here. Even though I consider myself someone who is fairly well versed in the crime/mystery genre I’d never read any of Ross Macdonald’s work until now. I know, I know. I’m disappointed in me, too. It’s a weird oversight because it’s not like I haven’t been aware......more

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