Ross Macdonald fiction. A chronologic listing.
Explore a complete chronologic listing of Ross Macdonald's fiction books. Discover all his novels in order, from early works to late masterpieces, in this detailed guide for fans and collectors.


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Trouble Follows Me
by Ross Macdonald
"The blonde had eyes the color of cornflowers and a body whose curves just didn't quit. Her sweet kisses and a good bottle of bourbon …



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The Moving Target
by Ross Macdonald
The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the …

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The Drowning Pool
by Ross Macdonald
When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. …


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The Ivory Grin
by Ross MacDonald
Private detective Lew Archer is hired by a mysterious woman to locate her former housekeeper and recover pieces of stolen jewelry


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Find a Victim
by Ross Macdonald
Las Cruces wasn’t a place most travelers would think to stop. But after private investigator Lew Archer plays the good samaritan and picks up a …




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The Galton Case
by Ross Macdonald
Lew Archer returns in this gripping mystery, widely recognized as one of acclaimed mystery writer Ross Macdonald's very best, about the search for the long …


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The Wycherly Woman
by Ross Macdonald
Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her wealthy father hired Archer to find her. That was plenty of time for a young girl who …

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The Zebra-Striped Hearse
by Ross Macdonald
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on …

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The Chill
by Ross Macdonald
In The Chill a distraught young man hires private investigator Lew Archer to track down his runaway bride. But no sooner has he found Dolly …

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Black Money
by Ross Macdonald
When Lew Archer is hired to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, it looks like a …

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The Far Side of the Dollar
by Ross Macdonald
In The Far Side of the Dollar, private investigator Lew Archer is looking for an unstable rich kid who has run away from an exclusive …


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The Goodbye Look
by Ross Macdonald
In The Goodbye Look, Lew Archer is hired to investigate a burglary at the mission-style mansion of Irene and Larry Chalmers. The prime suspect, their …

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The Underground Man
by Ross Macdonald
As a mysterious fire rages through the hills above a privileged town in Southern California, Archer tracks a missing child who may be the pawn …

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Sleeping Beauty
by Ross Macdonald
In Sleeping Beauty, Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, …

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Blue Hammer
by Ross MacDonald
Back in print for the first time in five years, with new cover packaging, here are six classic Lew Archer mysteries from "the finest series …