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Title: The Wycherly Woman (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0-375-70144-3 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 March, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Sign of decline
Comment: Ross MacDonald is an accomplished mystery writer, but this novel, while entertaining, is the most contrived of his many books. It rests on a case of mistaken identity that could not possible have occured, given the ages of the two characters involved. Sadly, this novel offers the first sign that MacDonald was losing his great gifts as a writer.
Rating: 4
Summary: A little convoluted, but it works...
Comment: This was my third Ross MacDonald/Lew Archer mystery and probably my last. As with all detective series type novels, they are starting to lose their luster. As a stand-alone mystery novel it is top-notch in both story and charactarization, although the plot wandered a bit. I don't have the deep insight provided by the previous reviewer, but I can say that if you like Chandler style LA Noir, this one is as good as it gets.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very well done
Comment: This is only the second book I have read by MacDonald but it certainly won't be the last. The plot and characterizations were both very strong. From what I have read so far, MacDonald compares very favorably with Hammett and Chandler. The thing that I probably like best about MacDonald is that his detective, Lew Archer, seems more like a real person than most of the detectives in this genre. He is tough, but he also shows some sensitivity and human emotion.
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Title: Find a Victim : A Lew Archer Novel by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0375708677 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 037570146X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0679768068 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Galton Case (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0679768645 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 26 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Zebra-Striped Hearse (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Ross Macdonald ISBN: 0375701451 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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