by Ross Macdonald · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420640396
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«Costa Bárbara» is the mystery novel by Ross Macdonald, published in paperback by Alianza Editorial in the Selecciones del Séptimo Círculo collection.
The story follows private detective Lew Archer in an investigation that begins on the California coast and leads him into a tangle of family secrets, blackmail and violent deaths. The plot combines the police case with an exploration of the obsessions and silences of the characters who cross Archer's path.
The novel belongs to the series featuring Lew Archer, and this Spanish edition offers 182 pages in pocket crime paperback format, within the Selecciones del Séptimo Círculo collection.
Recommended for readers of classic noir fiction and for those seeking a charismatic detective and stories with a Californian atmosphere and suspenseful twists.
Kenneth Millar, known mainly by the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, was an American-Canadian writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Since the 1970s, Macdonald's works have received attention in academic circles for their psychological depth, sense of place, use of language, sophisticated imagery and integration of philosophy into genre fiction. Brought up in the province of Ontario, Canada, Macdonald eventually settled in the state of California, where he died in 1983.
