The Drowning Poolby Ross MacDonald | |
| List(s): | "Well-Known Books" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - Mystery" |
| Pages: | 244 |
| Year of Publication: | 1950 |
| Date Added: | 03/21/2019 |
| Date Read: | 11/27/2019 |
| Notes: | Detective Lew Archer is hired by Maude Slocum to find out who is blackmailing her. She lives with her husband, her daughter Cathy, and her mother-in-law, but somebody found out about an indiscretion. In the end, Archer finds out that Maude was in love with Knudson, a local cop who was really Cathy's father. Along the way, Maude, her mother-in-law, and several other people die. There's a huge red herring about an oil company owner who wants drilling rights on the Slocum property, but none of that had anything to do with the reason Archer was originally hired. |
| My Rating: | 5 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2019-11-27 19:29:03
