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The Instant Enemy

By Ross Macdonald

By Ross Macdonald

By Ross Macdonald

By Ross Macdonald

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Part of Lew Archer Series

Part of Lew Archer Series

Paperback $16.00

Apr 08, 2008 | ISBN 9780307279057

Ebook $11.99

Jan 12, 2011 | ISBN 9780307772909

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    About The Instant Enemy

    Generations of murder, greed and deception come home to roost in time for the most shocking conclusion ever in a Lew Archer novel. At first glance, it’s an open-and-shut missing persons case: a headstrong daughter has run off to be with her hothead juvenile delinquent boyfriend. That is until this bush-league Bonnie & Clyde kidnap Stephen Hackett, a local millionaire industrialist. Now, Archer is offered a cool 100 Gs for his safe return by his coquettish heiress mother who has her own mysterious ties to this disturbed duo. But the deeper Archer digs, the more he realizes that nothing is as it seems and everything is questionable. Is the boyfriend a psycho ex-con with murder on the brain or a damaged youngster trying to straighten out his twisted family tree? And is the daughter simply his nympho sex-kitten companion in crime or really a fragile kid, trying to block out horrific memories of bad acid and an unspeakable sex crime?

    About The Instant Enemy

    Generations of murder, greed and deception come home to roost in time for the most shocking conclusion ever in a Lew Archer novel. At first glance, it’s an open-and-shut missing persons case: a headstrong daughter has run off to be with her hothead juvenile delinquent boyfriend. That is until this bush-league Bonnie & Clyde kidnap Stephen Hackett, a local millionaire industrialist. Now, Archer is offered a cool 100 Gs for his safe return by his coquettish heiress mother who has her own mysterious ties to this disturbed duo. But the deeper Archer digs, the more he realizes that nothing is as it seems and everything is questionable. Is the boyfriend a psycho ex-con with murder on the brain or a damaged youngster trying to straighten out his twisted family tree? And is the daughter simply his nympho sex-kitten companion in crime or really a fragile kid, trying to block out horrific memories of bad acid and an unspeakable sex crime?

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    Blue City
    The Three Roads
    Meet Me at the Morgue
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    About Ross Macdonald

    Ross Macdonald’s real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the US as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the… More about Ross Macdonald

    About Ross Macdonald

    Ross Macdonald’s real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the US as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the… More about Ross Macdonald

    Product Details

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Apr 08, 2008 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307279057

    Category: Noir Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
    Jan 12, 2011 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307772909
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    Praise

    “Moves fast and is full of surprises. . . . The best work Macdonald has done in years.” —The New York Times“A more serious and complex writer than Chandler and Hammett ever were.”—Eudora Welty“Archer has seldom been in better form, and neither has his estimable creator.” —The New Yorker

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