| The Barbarous Coast Contributor(s): MacDonald, Ross (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307279030 ISBN-13: 9780307279033 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Hard-boiled - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008270670 |
| Series: Lew Archer |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.28" W x 8.04" (0.44 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |