by Ross Macdonald · Alfa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472225244
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In this novel by Ross Macdonald, the famous detective Lew Archer is hired by a woman to search for another woman. From this curious assignment, a series of mysterious events are unleashed where the victims seem to come to the killer, who has the ability to make them appear alive when the police get too close. Archer, with his sharp intelligence, will be in charge of unraveling this erotic thaumaturgy.
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.
