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Hired to find a purloined painting, reputedly the work of a man who vanished in 1950, Lew Archer unveils an assemblage of murder and family rivalry and deceit
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The desert air is hot with sex and betrayal, death and madness and only Archer can make sense of a killer who makes murder a work of art. Finding a purloined portrait of a leggy blonde was supposed to be an easy paycheck for Detective Lew Archer, but that was before the bodies began piling up. Suddenly, Archer find himself smack in the middle of a decades-long mystery of a brilliant artist who walked into the desert and simply disappeared. He left behind a bevy of muses, molls, dolls, and dames--each one scrambling for what they thought was rightfully theirs.
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Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, 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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The Blue Hammer
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ISBN 13: 9780394404257
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Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (mystery, crime, fiction). Seller Inventory # P03G-00402
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-Very Good. 1st Edition. A a later Lew Archer mystery. Mild edge wear and light soiling to the DJ. Slightly cocked. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 006578
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The Blue Hammer: The New Lew Archer Novel
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Stated first edition of Ross Macdonald's mystery, featuring his private investigator character Lew Archer. In this story, Archer investigates the theft of a valuable painting and the disappearance of a famous artist. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with author initials and decorations in blind to cover; titling and decorations in gilt to spine; yellow topstain. Dust jacket with Jill Krementz photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- With light sunning along top edges of covers, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket with tear to back along with light creasing, minor crumpling to edges and with faint strip of soiling to front panel; but overall bright and intact.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 270 pages. Seller Inventory # 84020
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. MacDonald's last novel featuring his celebrated California private detective Lew Archer; book's covers faded and stained though text block is tight and clean; dustjacket is whole but soiled and stained with one inch tear in upper right corner of front panel. A reading copy. Seller Inventory # 000528
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