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From Library Journal

Published in 1949, 1961, and 1962, respectively, these three titles find gumshoe Lew Archer up to his neck in murder, kidnapping, and blackmailAjust another day at the office. This is hard-boiled detective writing at the top of its form.
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Review

It s not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe in some small but mattering way, how to live. --Robert B. Parker

Macdonald is one of a handful of writers in the [mystery] genre whose worth and quality surpass the limitations of the form. --Los Angeles Times