![]() ![]() ![]() If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammet and Raymond Chandler, it was Ross Macdonald. The Underground Man is a detective novel of merciless suspense and tragic depth, with an unfaltering insight into the moral ambiguities at the heart of California's version of the American dream. What he uncovers amid the ashes is murder-and a trail of motives as combustible as gasoline. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.īook Synopsis As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn in a marital struggle or the victim of a bizarre kidnapping. About the Book As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing-and possibly kidnapped-child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. ![]()
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