

When he died in 1983, Ross Macdonald was the best-known and most highly regarded crime-fiction writer in America. Long considered the rightful successor to the mantles of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald and his Lew Archer-novels were hailed by The...

Private eye Lew Archer bridged the gap falling between Hammett's Sam Spade, Chandler's Philip Marlowe and Rober B. Parker's Spenser. Knowing Macdonald is essential to understanding the modern P.I. novel. Originally published in 1999 by Scribner 0-684-81217-7, ""Ross Macdonald:...