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Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, 1st Vintage CrimeBlack Lizard ed, All copies in use.
Book, 2007
Current format, Book, 2007, 1st Vintage CrimeBlack Lizard ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats
Detective Lew Archer journeys inside the dark underbelly of glittering Malibu society when he is hired by a hotheaded husband to find his gorgeous wife, an aspiring Hollywood actress, taking on corrupt cops, a bisexual boxer turned filmdom star, and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past as he stumbles upon the secrets of a grisly murder. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. The beautiful, high-diving blonde had Hollywood dreams and stars in her eyes but now she seems to have disappeared without a trace. Hired by her hotheaded husband and her rummy &;uncle,&; Lew Archer sniffs around Malibu and finds the stink of blackmail, blood-money, and murder on every pricey silk shirt. Beset by dirty cops, a bumptious boxer turned silver screen pretty boy and a Hollywood mogul with a dark past, Archer discovers the secret of a grisly murder that just won't stay hidden.Lew Archer navigates through the watery, violent world of wealth and privilege, in this electrifying story of obsession gone mad.
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