The Drowning Pool
- 作者
- 出版社 Penguin Press/Classics
- 出版时间 2012年7月
- ISBN 9780141196626
- 定价 101.60
内容简介
WhenMaudeSlocum-beautiful,frightenedandangry-comestoLewArcher'sofficewithapoisonpenletterintendedforherhusband,hereluctantlyagreestohelpher.AshefollowstheSlocumsaround,ArcherfindsthatMrsSlocummighthavetheleastofthefamily'stroubles:herteenagedaughterisdesolate,herhusbandisintheclosetandhermother-in-lawhasjustcometoanunpleasantendintheswimmingpool.Butwhyistheirhandsomeex-chauffeurstillhangingaround?AndwhatdoesthesinisterPacificRefineryCompanyhavetodowiththeallthebloodshed?TheDrowningPoolisRossMacdonald'sgrippingtaleofadultery,jealousy,murderandlies.RossMacdonald'sLewArchermysteriesrewrotetheconventionsofthedetectivenovelwiththeircredible,humanehero,andwithMacdonald'sinsightandmoralcomplexitywonnewliteraryrespectabilityforthehardboiledgenrepreviouslypioneeredbyDashiellHammettandRaymondChandler.TheyhavealsoreceivedpraisefromsuchcelebratedwritersasWilliamGoldman,JonathanKellerman,EudoraWeltyandElmoreLeonard.
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