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The Underground Man

A Lew Archer Novel

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The Underground Man

By: Ross Macdonald
Narrated by: Tom Parker
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As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn in a marital struggle or the victim of a bizarre kidnapping. What he uncovers amid the ashes is murder - and a trail of motives as combustible as gasoline.

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.

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©1998 Norman J Colavincenzo (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Crime Hard-Boiled Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Disappearance Fiction

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My favorite of his books, red excellently by Gardener. Excellent classic hard-boiled stuff. Even better than the Blue Hammer.

Macdonalds best

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I feel like I'm getting a bit of Americana mixed with a bit of the old style wisecracking private dick. I wish there were a dozen more!

love this series

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One of Ross McDonald's best, this tightly plotted mystery takes place during a wildfire that is both integral to the plot and essential to the mood. Think of the ally pervading smoky fog of Dickens' Bleak House ... Classic hard-boiled thriller, a la Raymond Chandler or Hammet.

Hard-boiled classic

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I’ve enjoyed all of the books I’ve listened to from the Archer series. The narrator is fantastic and really adds to the hard boiled detective aesthetic.

I enjoy the Archer series

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Another great Archer mystery. The kidnapping of a child leads to the discovery of multiple murders done to cover-up one that happened 15 years before. Lots of possible killers, but the one that did it is the one no one suspected.

Long Dead

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