Las Cruces wasn't a place most travelers would think to stop. But after private investigator Lew Archer plays the good samaritan and picks up a bloodied hitchhiker, he finds himself in town for a few days awaiting a murder inquest. A hijacked truck full of liquor and an evidence box full of marijuana, $20,000 from a big-time bank heist by a small-time crook, corruption, adultery, incest, prodigal daughters, and abused wives all make the little town seem a lot more interesting than any guide book ever could. And as the murder rate rises, Archer finds himself caught up in mystery where everyone is a suspect and everyone's a victim.
ISBN: | 9780375708671 |
Publication date: | 14th August 2001 |
Author: | Ross Macdonald |
Publisher: | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 215 pages |
Series: | Vintage crime/Black Lizard |
Genres: |
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives Thriller and Suspense |