The Barbarous Coast by Ross MacDonald

The Barbarous Coast

Lew Archer #6

Ross MacDonald

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fiction crime mystery mysterious reflective fast-paced
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Ross Macdonald is one of the "Big Three" in American hard-boiled detective fiction, along with Chandler and Hammett. In The Barbarous Coast, tough, thoughtful private eye Lew Archer pursues a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to hi...

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