The Barbarous Coast

The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy "uncle," Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the stink of blackmail, blood-money, and murder on every pricey silk shirt. Beset by dirty cops, a bumptious boxer turned silver screen pretty boy and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past, Archer discovers the secret of a grisly murder that just won't stay hidden.Lew Archer navigates through the watery, violent world of wealth and privilege, in this electrifying story of obsession gone mad.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 12/04/2007
ISBN: 9780307279033
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.28w x 0.57d

Review Citations: Library Journal 03/01/2008 pg. 130