The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald - ISBN: 9780241684795
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Secrets buried deep, a child lost, Archer hunts truth.

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  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    10 September 2024

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Summary

A hardboiled story of abduction and murder in the Los Angeles hills.

Private Detective Lew Archer doesn’t believe in coincidences…

A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills above southern California. Meanwhile, Lew Archer has been asked by a desperate mother to find her six-year-old son. Instead, he discovers the boy’s wealthy father, murdered, and buried in a hole in the ground. The mystery will lead Archer to unearth a tragic, years-old history of abandonment, o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241684795
ISBN-10:024168479X
Author:Ross Macdonald
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:10 September 2024
Weight:220g
Dimensions:198mm x 131mm x 18mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage
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Critics Review

I love the Lew Archer books. – James EllroyThe finest series of detective novels ever written by an American. – William Goldman

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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