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Celebrated private eye Lew Archer is hired by a father intent on preventing the marriage of his daughter to a penniless and possibly murderous artist. The chase takes Archer from Mexico to Lake Tahoe and from the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles as more than one murder crowds the investigation.
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Lew Archer novels volume 15
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Alfred A. Knopf
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1969.
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First edition.
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243 pages ; 22 cm
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"In his new novel, Macdonald's famous non-hero private eye Lew Archer -- embodiment of cool -- picks his way through the overheated and explosives mazes of a wealthy family's long-hidden secrets. A lost heirloom, a murder that breeds more murder, a boy's life poisoned by a money crime committed before he was born -- these are the elements of The Goodbye Look."--
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Sleeping Beauty plunges detective Lew Archer into a fascinating and intricate case connected to a disastrous oil spill on the Southern California coast. Ross Macdonald's masterful tale leads his investigator into a load of trouble involving ransom, a lethal dose of Nembutal, the death of a stranger found floating off shore, and three generations of the imposing Lennox family, whose offshore oil platform caused the spill. The young Lennox heiress—glimpsed...
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The Emerald Archer returns from the dead and sets off on an adventure that tests his courage and brings formerly hidden facets of the Green Arrow legend to light. Featuring an introduction by Senator Patrick Leahy, a foreword by Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN), Meltzer's original notes to the series, and the script to issue #16.
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In The Barbarous Coast, Lew Archer's pursuit of a girl who jackknifed too suddenly from high diving to high living leads him to an ex-fighter with an unexplained movie contract, a big-time gambler who died by his own knife, and finally to an answer he would rather not have known.
7) The Chill
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Lew Archer knows he shouldn't have taken the case, but Alex Kincaid seemed so desperate. Kincaid's loving new bride Dolly has just inexplicably walked out on him, leaving Kincaid more than a little fearful for her sanity and her safety. So Archer reluctantly agreed to help Kincaid find his wife. But what he finds instead is enough to send a chill down anyone's spine—a new fresh corpse and evidence linking Dolly not only to this murder but to a series...
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The once popular Barcelona Hotel is now boarded up. Starlets and Navy boys once rubbed shoulders there with tycoons and hustlers. Lewis Archer knows that twenty years ago a handful of dreamers and losers came together in the Barcelona. The question now is what kind of deal went down there, and why were a mixed-up rich kid and a beautiful blonde the first to pay the price?
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When Lew Archer stops for a hitchhiker and finds a young man dying of a gunshot wound, he knows he has stumbled into a mess. In a matter of hours he is suspected by the law, hired by a target-shooting trucking magnate, and chasing a hijacked load of hooch and a band of sinners on the loose.
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Gerald Wilkins never considered himself a particularly exceptional thirteen-year-old. But that was before he inherited twenty billion pounds, a Caribbean island, a yacht, and three estates from a great-aunt he never knew. With this fortune, however, comes a letter. One from his great-aunt Geraldine. One that tells Gerald that she was murdered, and that it's up to him to find out why.
Along with his friends Ruby and Sam, Gerald embarks on a journey...
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On the first day of Christmas: Lady Miranda Archer accepts a marriage proposal. On the first day of Christmas, fifteen minutes later: Miranda realizes she's made a huge mistake. For the next twelve days: Miranda must find a way out of her engagement-which is harder than it looks, especially since her fiancé is pompous, mean, and desperate for her family's jewels-and convince her true love that all she wants for Christmas is him.
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Archer legacy volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
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It has only been a month since Gerald Wilkins be-came the richest kid on earth. One month since he found out his great-aunt Geraldine had left him all her fortune and, with it, a murder mystery, clues to a diamond heist, and a target on his back. One month since Sir Mason Green made off with the contents of the diamond casket, an object of unspeakable power. And you thought your school vacation was eventful.
As book two of the Archer Legacy opens,...
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An exhilarating new voice in historical romance, Lecia Cornwall made a stunning debut with her sensuous and spectacular Secrets of a Proper Countess-and she returns just as strong with The Price of Temptation. A powerfully emotional love story in the smart and sensual romantic vein of Loretta Chase, Elizabeth Hoyt, and Anne Mallory, The Price of Temptation intimately explores what happens when a tortured Regency Robin Hood, meets his not so proper...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 13
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What do women want? Archer is about to find out the hard way, when Armstrong sets him up on his first date! Of course, when you're a highly trained assassin who's spent most of his life in monastery, things are bound to get awkward-- and deadly!
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Archer and Armstrong volume 14
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Death has arrived at Archer & Armstrong's doorstep! When a mysterious group of assassins puts Armstrong in their crosshairs, he and Archer must defend their mansion from an all-out assault! But as the duo repel their attackers, an even more dire threat emerges from the unlikeliest of places! Plus, has Archer met the girl of his dreams?
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Archer and Armstrong volume 26
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This is a Special Double Issue Edition! For readers of the Eternal Warrior (1992-1996) series, Eternal Warrior #26 reads from pages 1-16. For readers of the Archer & Armstrong (1992-1994) series, Archer & Armstrong #26 reads from page 17-33.
Also includes Eternal Warrior (1992-1996) #26! Part two of Armstrong's first clash with the secretive Sect! Mademoiselle Phoebe, a spy passing as a harlot, has been charged with using her charms to betray king...
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Archer and Armstrong volume 15
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Road trip! With their mansion now in ruins, Archer & Armstrong set out on a cross-country trip to retrieve Armstrong's most prized possessions from throughout his incredibly long lifetime! But they'd better move fast, as The Sect is back and on their trail! Meanwhile, Amy makes a shocking discovery about Archer!
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Archer and Armstrong volume 22
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While Archer rots in a cell in Master Darque's manor, it's up to Armstrong to get to New Orleans and save him! As Archer sits in captivity, Darque continues to raise the dead and prepares to consume his soul. Can Armstrong arrive in time to stop Darque? And does he stand a chance against Darque's unspeakable power?
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Archer and Armstrong volume 17
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Archer & Armstrong head to the beaches of sunny Florida in a bid to locate Armstrong's lost art collection! But as the duo head underwater in search of the missing possessions, they might find something a little more threatening than buried treasure. Oh, and Armstrong wrestles an alligator in this issue. So there.
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Archer and Armstrong volume 25
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Armstrong's secret history with The Sect revealed! Journey to 12th century France to find out how this loose-moraled immortal hero earned the ire of the Valiant Universe's deadliest secret sociey with the help of his brother, the Eternal Warrior! But how do the Knights Templar, Richard Coeur de Leon, and a secret network of spies all fit into the grandest conspiracy that history has ever known?
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