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The Drowning Pool - (Lew Archer) by Ross MacDonald (Paperback)

The Drowning Pool - (Lew Archer) by  Ross MacDonald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Out of print since 1988, here is a classic Lew Archer thriller by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Ross Macdonald. When an iron-willed matriarch with an oil field in her backyard is found floating in the pool, Lew Archer ventures into the bizarre world of her family. Previous publisher: Bantam.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In <i>The Drowning Pool</i>, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred--and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.

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