Lew Archer Series

18 primary works • 38 total works
Lew Archer, an ex-cop and private investigator, in Los Angeles, California:

Book 0.3

The Name Is Archer
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3.91 · 1414 Ratings · 65 Reviews · published 1955 · 31 editions
MYSTERY

Includes the following stories:
Find the wom…

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    Book 1

    The Moving Target
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    3.80     · 5124 Ratings · 544 Reviews · published 1949 · 2 editions
    Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph …

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    Book 2

    The Drowning Pool
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    3.93     · 7566 Ratings · 370 Reviews · published 1950 · 102 editions
    When a millionaire matriarch is found floating fac…

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    Book 3

    The Way Some People Die
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    4.02     · 3205 Ratings · 278 Reviews · published 1951 · 59 editions
    In a rundown house in Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel La…

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    Book 4

    The Ivory Grin
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    3.99     · 2766 Ratings · 216 Reviews · published 1952 · 86 editions
    A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and d…

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    Book 5

    Find a Victim
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    3.94     · 1755 Ratings · 190 Reviews · published 1954 · 73 editions
    Las Cruces wasn’t a place most travelers would thi…

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    Book 6

    The Barbarous Coast
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    3.86     · 1762 Ratings · 172 Reviews · published 1956 · 75 editions
    The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dr…

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    Book 7

    The Doomsters
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    3.92     · 1549 Ratings · 167 Reviews · published 1958 · 64 editions
    Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie s…

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    Book 8

    The Galton Case
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    4.07     · 4264 Ratings · 390 Reviews · published 1959 · 93 editions
    Une vieille dame richissime demande à Lew Archer d…

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    Book 9

    The Wycherly Woman
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    4.07     · 1538 Ratings · 153 Reviews · published 1961 · 61 editions
    Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her …

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    Book 10

    The Zebra-Striped Hearse
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    4.10     · 2802 Ratings · 263 Reviews · published 1962 · 39 editions
    Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to …

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    Book 11

    The Chill
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    4.07     · 4812 Ratings · 484 Reviews · published 1964 · 78 editions
    In The Chill a distraught young man hires Archer t…

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    Book 12

    The Far Side of the Dollar
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    4.08     · 1891 Ratings · 151 Reviews · published 1965 · 81 editions
    Has Tom Hillman run away from his exclusive reform…

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    Book 13

    Black Money
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    3.95     · 2480 Ratings · 241 Reviews · published 1966 · 2 editions
    When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the s…

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    Book 14

    The Instant Enemy
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    4.04     · 1105 Ratings · 142 Reviews · published 1968 · 61 editions
    Lew Archer is back, careening down the bloody trai…

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    Book 15

    The Goodbye Look
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    3.96     · 1812 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 1969 · 89 editions
    In The Goodbye Look , Lew Archer is hired to inves…

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    Book 16

    The Underground Man
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    3.94     · 2652 Ratings · 273 Reviews · published 1971 · 6 editions
    As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above…

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    Book 17

    Sleeping Beauty
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    3.90     · 1324 Ratings · 149 Reviews · published 1973 · 36 editions
    In Sleeping Beauty, Lew Archer finds himself the c…

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    Book 18

    The Blue Hammer
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    4.00     · 2305 Ratings · 199 Reviews · published 1976 · 16 editions
    The desert air is hot with sex and betrayal, death…

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    Book 1, 3, 6

    Archer in Hollywood: The Moving Target, The Way Some People Die, The Barbarous Coast
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    4.21     · 33 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1956 · 11 editions
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    Book 1, 5

    Pohyblivý terč / Nájdi obeť
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    4.75     · 4 Ratings · 1 edition
    Pohyblivý terč : pátrání soukromého detektiva L.Ar…

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    Book 2–5

    Sunset boulevard
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    0.00     · published 1992 · 1 edition
    Contiene:
    - Il vortice
    - Non piangete per chi ha u…

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    Book 2–8

    Le Sette Fatiche di Lew Archer
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    0.00     · published 1966 · 1 edition
    In mezzo alla folla dei «colleghi», Archer rimane …

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    Book 2, 11, 15

    The Lew Archer Omnibus
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    4.69     · 13 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1993 · 3 editions
    This first volume of Lew Archer novels presents "T…

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    Book 3, 6, 7, 8

    Four Novels of the 1950s: The Way Some People Die / The Barbarous Coast / The Doomsters / The Galton Case
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    4.26     · 148 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2015 · 5 editions
    Revered by such contemporary masters as Sue Grafto…

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    Book 4, 10, 16

    Archer, P. I.: The Ivory Grin / The Zebra Striped Hearse / The Underground Man
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    4.21     · 19 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1955 · 1 edition
    1990 Mystery Guild hardcover, Ross MacDonald (The …

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    Book 5, 15, 18

    Třikrát soukromý detektiv Lew Archer
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    4.00     · 2 Ratings · 1 edition
    Obsah:

    Najít oběť (Find a Victim, 1954, přeložila J…

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    Book 6, 10

    Barbarské pobrežie / Bilelopruhované pohrebné auto
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · 1 edition
    Barbarské pobřeží - V této knize detektiv pátrá na…

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    Book 7, 10, 14

    Archer in Jeopardy: The Doomsters, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, & The Instant Enemy
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    3.92     · 38 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1979 · 11 editions
    Brings together three of the acclaimed mystery wri…

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    Book 8, 11, 13

    Archer at Large
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    4.17     · 65 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1970 · 14 editions
    Fictional Novel; Literary Fiction

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    Book 10–12

    Three Novels of the Early 1960s: The Zebra-Striped Hearse / The Chill / The Far Side of the Dollar
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    4.44     · 77 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2016 · 5 editions
    In 1949 Kenneth Millar, then writing as John Macdo…

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    Book 13–16

    Four Later Novels: Black Money / The Instant Enemy / The Goodbye Look / The Underground Man
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    4.37     · 46 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2017 · 1 edition
    “Detective fiction,” Ross Macdonald (the pseudonym…

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    Book 14, 7, 11

    Nestaň sa hneď nepriateľom / Sudičky / Chlad
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition
    Nestaň sa hneď nepriateľom : Soukromý detektiv Lew…

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    Book 15, 18

    Прощален поглед / Пулсираща вена
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    4.33     · 3 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Book 17, 10

    Šípková Růženka - Bíle pruhovaný pohřební vůz
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    3.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1996 · 1 edition
    Dvě detektivky proslulého autora se odehrávají v p…

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    Book 17, 2

    Спящая красавица. Смерть в бассейне
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    0.00     · 1 edition
    Молодая красавица из богатого, могущественного кал…

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    Strangers in Town: Three Newly Discovered Mysteries
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    3.40     · 42 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
    `LOST' STORIES BY A MASTER

    Ross Macdonald (1915-19…

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    The Archer Files, The Complete Short Stories of Lew Archer, Private Investigator Including Newly Discovered Case Notes
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    4.11     · 324 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 2007 · 9 editions
    Ross Macdonald (1915-1983) was the author of eight…

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