The Way Some People Die

In a rundown house in Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crumpled bills into Lew Archer's hand and asks him to find her wandering daughter, Galatea. Described as 'crazy for men' and without discrimination, she was last seen driving off with small-time gangster Joe Tarantine, a hophead hood with a rep for violence. Archer traces the hidden trail from San Francisco slum alleys to the luxury of Palm Springs, traveling through an urban wilderness of drugs and viciousness. As the bodies begin to pile up, he finds that even angel faces can mask the blackest of hearts.Filled with dope, delinquents and murder, this is classic Macdonald and one of his very best in the Lew Archer series.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Published: 07/10/2007
ISBN: 9780307278982
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.30w x 0.59d

Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/2007 pg. 132