Bøger af Ross Macdonald

Den hårdføre privatdetektiv Lew Archer ser sig endnu en gang nødsaget til at blande sig, når han finder en ung, smuk og begavet kvinde, der dropper sin forlovede til fordel for en person, som udgiver sig for at være fransk aristokrat og politisk flygtning. Den lille mystiske sag virker ikke som noget særligt, men der går ikke længe, før sneboldene begynder at rulle, og selvmord og spillegæld tilføjes som blot nogle af de mærkværdige begivenheder, der udspiller sig i denne bemærkelsesværdige sag.Kenneth Millar (1915-1983) var en amerikansk-canadisk forfatter, der skrev mange af sine værker under pseudonymer, hvoraf Ross Macdonald var et af dem. Han var særligt kendt for sine hårdkogte kriminalromaner, som udover forbrydelser og "whodunit"-elementet, indeholdt en psykologisk indsigt i karaktererne, som var ny for genren. Millars værker regnes som nogle af de bedste amerikanske krimier.

In Sleeping Beauty, Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach. Here is Ross Macdonald's masterful tale of buried memories, the consequences of arrogance, and the anguished relations between parents and their children. Riveting, gritty, tautly written, Sleeping Beauty is crime fiction at its best.If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.

Private Detective Lew Archer doesn't believe in coincidences...A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills above southern California. Meanwhile, Lew Archer has been asked by a desperate mother to find her six-year-old son. Instead, he discovers the boy's wealthy father, murdered, and buried in a hole in the ground. The mystery will lead Archer to unearth a tragic, years-old history of abandonment, obsession and illusion, where the past won't let go of the present - and everything is connected.

When Maude Slocum - beautiful, frightened and angry - comes to Lew Archer's office with a poison pen letter intended for her husband, he reluctantly agrees to help her. As he follows the Slocums around, Archer finds that Mrs Slocum might have the least of the family's troubles: her teenage daughter is desolate, her husband is in the closet and her mother-in-law has just come to an unpleasant end in the swimming pool. But why is their handsome ex-chauffeur still hanging around? And what does the sinister Pacific Refinery Company have to do with the all the bloodshed? The Drowning Pool is Ross Macdonald's gripping tale of adultery, jealousy, murder and lies.Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer mysteries rewrote the conventions of the detective novel with their credible, humane hero, and with Macdonald's insight and moral complexity won new literary respectability for the hardboiled genre previously pioneered by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. They have also received praise from such celebrated writers as William Goldman, Jonathan Kellerman, Eudora Welty and Elmore Leonard.

Four-time Edgar Award–winning author Lawrence Block’s definitive essay collection on the art of writing fictionFor ten years, crime novelist Lawrence Block funneled his wealth of writing expertise into a monthly column for Writer’s Digest. Collected here for the first time are those pieces illuminating the tricks of the authorial trade, from creating vibrant characters and generating seamless plots, to conquering writer’s block and experimenting with self-publishing.Filled with wit and insight, The Liar’s Bible is a must-read for experts, amateurs, and anyone interested in learning to craft great fiction from one of the field’s modern masters.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lawrence Block, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

In a small college town south of Los Angeles, Lew Archer investigates three murders, two in the past, one in the present.

Kolejna ksiazka z serii Rossa Macdonalda, uchodzacej za swoista klasyke amerykanskiego kryminalu. Glowny bohater, detektyw Lew Archer, prowadzi skomplikowane sledztwa, rozwiazujac kolejne makabryczne intrygi i wdajac sie przy tym w niejedna niebezpieczna potyczke z przestepcami.W rodzinie bywa tak, ze nikt nie lubi rozmawiac o przeszlosci. Kazdy natomiast skrywa jakis sekret. Prywatny detektyw Lew Archer podejmuje sie niezwykle delikatnej sprawy. Carl, syn bogatego senatora Hallmana, ucieka ze szpitala psychiatrycznego. Wplywy ojca nie wystarczaja, aby uchronic go przed konsekwencjami. Archer probuje wyjasnic okolicznosci calej sytuacji i bronic praw Carla. Jednak im mocniej angazuje sie w dochodzenie, tym bardziej odczuwa ukryta w niej ogromna krzywde chlopca...-

Pierwsza czesc serii Rossa Macdonalda, uchodzacej za swoista klasyke amerykanskiego kryminalu. Glowny bohater, detektyw Lew Archer, prowadzi skomplikowane sledztwa, rozwiazujac kolejne makabryczne intrygi i wdajac sie przy tym w niejedna niebezpieczna potyczke z przestepcami.Pod blekitnym niebem Kalifornii zyje sie jak w raju. Piekna pogoda, piekni ludzie, zachody slonca nad oceanem... A jednak, luksusowe wille w Los Angeles kryja w swoich murach mnostwo brudnych tajemnic.Detektyw Lew Archer angazuje sie w sprawe porwanego milionera. Zycie starszego, zonatego bogacza wydaje sie poukladane i spokojne, jednak z czasem okazuje sie, ze to tylko pozory. Wraz z rozwojem sledztwa, Archer odslania kolejne mroczne sekrety zaginionego mezczyzny, jego podejrzane relacje z kobietami, a nawet kontakty z sekta. Z czasem przestaje byc jasne, komu grozi wieksze niebezpieczenstwo - temu, ktory zaginal, czy tym, ktorzy usiluja go odnalezc. -

No matter what cases private eye Lew Archer takes on-a burglary, a runaway, or a disappeared person-the trail always leads to tangled family secrets and murder. Widely considered the heir to Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Archer dug up secrets and bodies in and around Los Angeles. Here, The Archer Files collects all the Lew Archer short stories ever published, along with thirteen unpublished "case notes" and a fascinating biographical profile of Archer by Edgar Award finalist Tom Nolan. Ross Macdonald's signature staccato prose is the real star throughout this collection, which is both a perfect introduction for the newcomer and a must-have for the Macdonald aficionado.

In The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their son Nick, has a talent for disappearing, and the Chalmerses are a family with money and memories to burn. As Archer zeros in on Nick, he discovers a troubled blonde, a stash of wartime letters, a mysterious hobo. Then a stiff turns up in a car on an empty beach. And Nick turns up with a Colt .45. In The Goodbye Look, Ross Macdonald delves into the world of the rich and the troubled and reveals that the past has a deadly way of catching up to the present.If any writer can be said to have inherited the mantle of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, it is Ross Macdonald. Between the late 1940s and his death in 1983, he gave the American crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity that his pre-decessors had only hinted at. And in the character of Lew Archer, Macdonald redefined the private eye as a roving conscience who walks the treacherous frontier between criminal guilt and human sin.

Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Archer is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's-and Archer's-in a powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.

When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred-and sufficient motive for a dozen murders.

MacDonald's prop work for film and TV is explored through an interview by Steven Heller, a photographic essay on his work on National Treasure, and a collection of his work (building and designing the physical pieces as well as the graphic ones) divided into categories including books, cards and letters, and documents, such as maps and legal papers. This book includes many of his most popular props for movies and shows

"Jeg stod ud af bilen for at afskære ham vejen. Det var en ubevidst reflekshandling.Patruljevognene standsede brat op og udspyede fire politibetjente, der begyndte at affyre deres revolvere mod ham. Han styrtede forover og rutschede et stykke videre.Så blev pletterne, der havde vist sig i hans nakke og ned over frakkens ryg, mørkere og mere ægte end den røde paryk, der var kommet til at sidde skævt. En kugle pløjede sig ind i min skulder.Jeg faldt sidelæns mod den åbne bildør. Så lagde jeg mig ned og foregav at være lige så død som ham..."Kenneth Millar (1915-1983) var en amerikansk-canadisk forfatter, der skrev mange af sine værker under pseudonymer, hvoraf Ross Macdonald var et af dem. Han var særligt kendt for sine hårdkogte kriminalromaner, som udover forbrydelser og "whodunit"-elementet, indeholdt en psykologisk indsigt i karaktererne, som var ny for genren. Millars værker regnes som nogle af de bedste amerikanske krimier.