Lew Archer, world-weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator - one who's been working with Nick - turns up dead, Archer soon realizes this isn't simply about some stolen loot. To help their son, Archer must uncover the truth about a kidnap years ago, and discover why the handgun from a decades-old killing apparently turns up at every new and terrible murder. In The Goodbye Look, Ross ...
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Lew Archer, world-weary private investigator, is hired by Larry and Irene Chalmers when they suspect that their troubled son Nick is involved in their own burglary. But when a fellow investigator - one who's been working with Nick - turns up dead, Archer soon realizes this isn't simply about some stolen loot. To help their son, Archer must uncover the truth about a kidnap years ago, and discover why the handgun from a decades-old killing apparently turns up at every new and terrible murder. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald exposes the damage families can cause one another in the name of love, lies and greed. Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible, humane hero, and with Macdonald's insight and moral complexity won new literary respectability for the hardboiled genre previously pioneered by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. They have also received praise from such celebrated writers as William Goldman, Jonathan Kellerman, Eudora Welty and Elmore Leonard.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. 224 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket design by Summit Studios. A later Lew Archer mystery. Signed as Ross MacDonald on the first sheet. Archer is hired to investigate a burglary. His investigation leads to a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo, a dead body in a car on an empty beach and the prime suspect turns up with a Colt 45. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
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Very Good. First Printing. Unclipped jacket is in perfect condition & is covered in a protective mylar sleeve. Book is clean & crisp with light age-toning to the pages. Ships the same or next business day with Free Tracking! We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.