Archer in Hollywood by Ross MacDonald - 1967

USA: Knopf, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Jean Carlu . USA: Knopf, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Very Good/Good. Jean Carlu . 3 Novels in one, " The Moving Target " " The Way Some People Die " "The Barbarous Coast", Archer in Hollywood This first omnibus of novels by Ross Macdonald presents his famous detective, Lew Archer, in three stylish and explosive cases. They take Archer and the reader through the upper levels and lower depths of California society, casting a sardonic eye on Hollywood and its outposts in Las Vegas and Palm Springs. In The Moving Target (recently made into the hit movie Harper) the disappearance of an oil millionaire with Hollywood connections touches off a series of violent crimes. In The Way Some People Die Lew Archer tracks down some missing persons, living and dead, on a trail that twists from Palm Springs to San Francisco. In The Barbarous Coast Archer's pursuit of a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to high living leads him to an ex-fighter with an unexplained movie contract, a bigtime gambler who died by his own knife, and finally to an answer he would rather not have known. Jacket design by Jean Carlu Book Club Edition <br/><br/>