Series Lew Archer

Series author: Ross Macdonald

29 Works Popularity 3,389 (3,528 Members) 12,626 Books 333 Reviews ½ 3.9
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The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald 875 copies, 35 reviews1
The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald 927 copies, 20 reviews2
The Way Some People Die by Ross Macdonald 550 copies, 15 reviews3
The Ivory Grin by Ross Macdonald 583 copies, 22 reviews4
Find a Victim by Ross Macdonald 492 copies, 15 reviews5
The Barbarous Coast by Ross Macdonald 466 copies, 13 reviews6
The Doomsters by Ross Macdonald 431 copies, 9 reviews7
The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald 799 copies, 21 reviews8
The Wycherly Woman by Ross Macdonald 484 copies, 13 reviews9
The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross Macdonald 605 copies, 16 reviews10
The Chill by Ross Macdonald 823 copies, 26 reviews11
The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald 568 copies, 17 reviews12
Black Money by Ross Macdonald 641 copies, 18 reviews13
The Instant Enemy by Ross Macdonald 427 copies, 10 reviews14
The Goodbye Look by Ross Macdonald 591 copies, 11 reviews15
The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald 802 copies, 20 reviews16
Sleeping Beauty by Ross Macdonald 549 copies, 15 reviews17
The Blue Hammer by Ross Macdonald 776 copies, 21 reviews18
The Archer Files by Ross Macdonald 143 copies, 3 reviewscomplete short stories
The Name Is Archer by Ross Macdonald 307 copies, 4 reviewsshort stories

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Archer in Hollywood by Ross Macdonald 68 copiesOmnibus 1,3,6
The Lew Archer Omnibus by Ross Macdonald 12 copies(Omnibus 2, 11, 15)
Archer, P. I.: The Ivory Grin / The Zebra Striped Hearse / The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald 73 copies, 4 reviewsOmnibus 4,10,16
Archer in Jeopardy: The Doomsters, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, & The Instant Enemy (Three Novels) by Ross Macdonald 79 copies, 2 reviewsOmnibus 7,10,14
Archer at Large by Ross Macdonald 115 copies, 1 reviewOmnibus 8,11,13
Four Novels of the 1950s: The Way Some People Die / The Barbarous Coast / The Doomsters / The Galton Case by Ross Macdonald 153 copies, 2 reviewsOmnibus 3,6,7,8
Three Novels of the Early 1960s: The Zebra-Striped Hearse / The Chill / The Far Side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald 125 copiesOmnibus 10,11,12
Ross Macdonald: Four Later Novels by Ross Macdonald 105 copiesOmnibus 13,14,15,16
The Ross Macdonald Collection: 11 Classic Lew Archer Novels: A Library of America Boxed Set (Lew Archer: The Library of America, 264-279-295) by Ross Macdonald 29 copiesOmnibus 3, 6-8, 10-16

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Lew Archer is a lone wolf operator, a private detective in LA. Written primarily in the 1950s, the novels are a staple in the hardboiled/noir genre. They don't necessarily need to be read in order. (English, Unclassified)

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