The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald - ISBN: 9780241639191
Paperback
Adultery, poison, and murder surface in a family’s deadly secrets.

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    25 July 2023

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Summary

A gripping tale of adultery and murder, served hard-boiled.

When Maude Slocum, beautiful, frightened, and angry, comes to Lew Archer’s office with a poison pen letter intended for her husband, he reluctantly agrees to help her. As he follows the Slocums around, Archer finds that Mrs. Slocum might have the least of the family’s troubles—her teenage daughter is desolate, her husband is in the closet, and her mother-in-law has just come to an unpleasant end in the swimming pool. But why …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241639191
ISBN-10:0241639190
Author:Ross Macdonald
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:25 July 2023
Weight:179g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage
About The Author

Ross Macdonald

Ross MacDonald’s books include The Underground Man, The Goodbye Look, The Chill and The Galton Case, and other works of hard-boiled Californian crime. MacDonald served as president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1965, received the Silver Dagger in 1964 and the Gold Dagger in 1965 from The British Crime Writers Association, and in 1981, received The Eye, the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Private Eye Writers of America.

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