The Drowning Pool
$23.60
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2023
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 |
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| 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 |
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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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