false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179035995m/867621.jpg 867621 8 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 &#8216;crazy for men&#8217; 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.<br><br>Filled with dope, delinquents and murder, this is classic Macdonald and one of his very best in the Lew Archer series. 2954697 1978 The Way Some People Die (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) total:106|5:28|4:50|3:27|2:1|1:0| 106 423 151 11 3 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 04 13:06:17 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 09:55:34 -0700 2007
1. Has been disillusioned by past experiences in either the police force or the military (double points if he's been disillusioned by both).

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The Way Some People Die's language is impossibly ornate, the plot is firmly belted in in the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:21:56 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:26:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 15:03:24 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 15:40:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 17 13:16:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:18:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 11:36:01 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 11:39:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 15:09:08 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 15:14:06 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 19:57:38 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 22:07:59 -0800 2007 The Chill, but still a pretty great page-turner. ]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 28 13:42:35 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 16 07:06:00 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 15:21:02 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 19:53:37 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 29 12:19:43 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 12:19:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Nov 24 14:32:20 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 14:32:20 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 16:24:47 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 16:24:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 07:49:04 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:49:40 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 11 19:11:50 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:11:50 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 04:08:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 04:08:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 10:01:59 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:02:13 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 23:22:06 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 23:22:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:05:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 15:06:16 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=867621