The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer Series, Book 3) by Ross MacDonald

The Way Some People Die (Lew Archer Series, Book 3) by Ross MacDonald

By Ross MacDonald

In a rundown condominium in Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crumpled accounts into Lew Archer's hand and asks him to discover her wandering daughter, Galatea. defined as 'crazy for men' and with out discrimination, she was once final visible using off with small-time gangster Joe Tarantine, a hophead hood with a rep for violence. Archer strains the hidden path from San Francisco slum alleys to the luxurious of Palm Springs, touring via an city wasteland of gear and viciousness. because the our bodies start to pile up, he reveals that even angel faces can masks the blackest of hearts.Filled with dope, delinquents and homicide, this is often vintage Macdonald and one among his best possible within the Lew Archer sequence.

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That he looked more intelligent than he was, and that a fine expression concealed a second-rate ability; something of that sort. In any case, he looked the wrong kind of husband for a stupid and promiscuous wife. -50- 'I don't know much of it's if He spoke slowly, Watson importance,' measured voice. 'But, as you wished to see every one who had spoken to Sir Malcolm this evening, I thought I had better remain. Though, as a replied. ' 'It's a brief one. I was anxious to have a few words with His Excellency this evening on a personal matter, so at about a quarter to eleven I came along to this office and knocked at the door.

Okay,' Vachell said cheerfully. He threw the diary on to the Governor's desk and left it lying under the reading- lamp. 'We'll let it lie until the chief returns. ' compressed, watched Jeudwine methodihunting through the papers. The search took time, but no one spoke. Vachell lounged against the desk, hands in pockets, eyes fixed on Jeudwine's fingers. The tramp of the KALI guard outside the windows sounded at regular intervals through the room. Pallett stood by, something tense and unrelaxed in his attitude.

E. mentioned yesterday he wanted a dose. ' A sudden silence oppressed the three men in possession of the dead Governor's study. Hannibal's powders, one of the murdered man's last thoughts on earth; his affection for the dachshund, how he used to whistle it to his heels every morning when he went for his daily ride in the hills; the dog's cushion, spattered with red hairs, in the corner of the room. VachelPs even-toned voice continued: 'Then there's one more note. m. " That's — — . . -44- There was a silence.

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