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The Underground Man

The Underground Man

Summary

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.


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  • I love the Lew Archer books.
    James Ellroy

About the author

Ross Macdonald

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