false 371022 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 371022 11 360989 1969 The Goodbye Look total:125|5:43|4:48|3:31|2:3|1:0| 125 506 184 9 70090 3.91 2380 207 67777750 419287 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.07 119 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 2 10 false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:34:34 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 19:26:17 -0700 2009
And no ice.

Picture a room temperature glass of middling gin when what you're after's a martini, and that's sort of what reading this book was like for me.

I don't know,...more...]]> 75376171 2059576 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 5 4 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:46:57 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:58:59 -0700 2009 The Goodbye Look was a revelation to me. For the first time in my reading of mysteries, and that includes old 1920s up to the present day, did a book resolve itself st...more...]]> 31565950 851215 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 3 0 false Fri Aug 29 19:07:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 20:17:12 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler...more...]]> 1322713 83582 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun May 20 09:03:24 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 16 09:38:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 71823675 1093061 666863 0553241923 9780553241921 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666863.The_Goodbye_Look 4.00 2 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Sat Sep 19 18:23:23 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 18:23:56 -0700 2009 29266245 157567 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 4 0 false Mon Aug 04 18:50:05 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 18:52:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 35872848 660911 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 4 0 false Tue Oct 21 13:12:40 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 13:14:17 -0700 2008 19605301 76842 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 3 0 false Sun Apr 06 18:47:50 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 16:33:49 -0700 2008 63260995 2210650 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 4 0 false Mon Jul 13 06:40:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 06:40:46 -0700 2009 82307919 153677 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Mon Dec 28 11:07:57 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 28 11:08:04 -0800 2009 81447868 1617945 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Fri Dec 18 19:36:22 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 19:36:32 -0800 2009 81144687 3030446 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 18:57:20 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 18:57:20 -0800 2009 80594986 2103995 1739949 0553109952 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1739949.The_Goodbye_Look 3.00 1 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 3 0 false Thu Dec 10 16:36:25 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 16:36:31 -0800 2009 80339881 2968756 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Dec 08 15:36:31 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 15:36:45 -0800 2009 80076108 2919331 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Sun Dec 06 10:47:44 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 06 10:47:44 -0800 2009 79861266 1167057 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Fri Dec 04 07:40:14 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 04 07:40:14 -0800 2009 79306900 2990973 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 5 0 false Sun Nov 29 12:15:51 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 12:15:51 -0800 2009 79221862 2132289 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Sat Nov 28 13:41:42 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 13:41:42 -0800 2009 78973597 91407 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 0 0 false Wed Nov 25 12:13:30 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 12:13:30 -0800 2009 78886793 2978180 371022 0375708650 9780375708657 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376m/371022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174229376s/371022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371022.The_Goodbye_Look 4.05 125 The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.

If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.]]> 1969 5 0 false Tue Nov 24 14:32:15 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 14:32:15 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=371022