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The Ferguson Affair
It was a long way from the million-dollar Foothill Club to Pelly Street, where grudges were settled in blood and Spanish and a stolen diamond ring landed a girl in jail. Defense lawyer Bill Gunnarson was making the trip—fast. He already knew a kidnapping at the club was tied to the girl's hot rock, and he suspected that a missing Hollywood starlet was the key to a busy cri...more
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Published
December 7th 2010
by Vintage
(first published 1967)
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A pretty decent mystery read. It was my first Ross MacDonald and I definitely enjoyed it enough to check out more of his work down the road. The story definitely kept the reader guessing until the end although the clues were there the whole time. And not for nothing but I was impressed at MacDonald's take on social issues given that the book was published in 1960. Nothing special but I wasn't expecting the racial reflections or dialogue on drug use.
Fast-paced mystery with an unexpected ending, Macdonald has created another masterpiece
One of my favourite detective books. I like the plot and how Ross McDonald created a web of clues and hints allowing readers to guess the criminals' identities themselves (what I did), but it doesn't make the hero seem dumb.
Another reason I like the book so much is the main hero, defense lawyer Bill Gunnarson, who is honest, brave and kind. For example, the whole story begins when he: a) is sent to defend a girl too poor to pay him; b) helps to drive a drunk witness home. Oh, and the fact Bill h...more
Another reason I like the book so much is the main hero, defense lawyer Bill Gunnarson, who is honest, brave and kind. For example, the whole story begins when he: a) is sent to defend a girl too poor to pay him; b) helps to drive a drunk witness home. Oh, and the fact Bill h...more
Recommended in the book Tolstoy and the Purple Chair.
A good example of its genre.
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Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym of the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer.
Millar was born in Los Gatos, California, and raised in his parents' native Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he started college. When his father abandoned his family unexpectedly,...more
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Millar was born in Los Gatos, California, and raised in his parents' native Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, where he started college. When his father abandoned his family unexpectedly,...more
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