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The Galton Case: A Lew Archer Novel

Ross MacDonald

Anthony Galton disappeared almost 20 years ago. Now his aging--and very rich--mother has hired Lew Archer to bring him back. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a suspicious heir, and a con man whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
  • Publish Date: Nov 26th, 1996
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.12in - 5.14in - 0.54in - 0.43lb
  • EAN: 9780679768647
  • Categories: Mystery & Detective - Hard-BoiledMystery & Detective - Private InvestigatorsThrillers - Suspense

About the Author

Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, 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.