The Underground Man, Ross Macdonald
The Underground Man, Ross Macdonald
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The Underground Man
A Lew Archer Novel

Author: Ross Macdonald

Narrator: Tom Parker

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2008

Synopsis

As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn in a marital struggle or the victim of a bizarre kidnapping. What he uncovers amid the ashes is murderand a trail of motives as combustible as gasoline. The Underground Man is a detective novel of merciless suspense and tragic depth, with an unfaltering insight into the moral ambiguities at the heart of Californias version of the American dream.

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

Another fine Lew Archer novel--perhaps the finest. Once again, troubled young people haunted by the past are implicated in a murder, and solving that murder will involve bringing the past to light. Although I don't think the resolution of the plot is quite as effective as some of the others (The Gal......more

Goodreads review by Francesc

Lew Archer en plena forma, aunque la novela me resultó liosa. No es lo mejor que he leído de Ross Macdonald, pero, como siempre, es efectiva. Lew Archer on fire, although the novel was messy to me. It's not the best thing I've read of Ross MacDonald, but, as always, it's effective.......more

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