The Moving Target
A Lew Archer Novel

I read all of the Archer books some thirty-five years ago, and since then I have been under the impression that none of the books until The Galton Case was worthy of attention. I was wrong. True, The Moving Target (Archer #1) lacks a family tragedy with haunted children that is the hallmark of later......more

I’ve got to make a shameful confession here. Even though I consider myself someone who is fairly well versed in the crime/mystery genre I’d never read any of Ross Macdonald’s work until now. I know, I know. I’m disappointed in me, too. It’s a weird oversight because it’s not like I haven’t been aware......more

This is the first Lew Archer novel about a kidnapped millionaire which is not probably the best one among the eighteen Lew Archer novels. It is here that we meet Lew Archer, a hard-boiled private eye for the first time. We can't help sympathising with him - he is young, strong, honest and is a man o......more

My first Ross MacDonald Lew Archer book, and the first in the series. I knew that he was much honored by critics and fellow mystery writers alike. I think I had heard that he was something like the heir to Raymond Chandler as a committed "literary" writer, and I can see that., even in the first book......more

To πρώτο αστυνομικό μυθιστόρημα του ΜακΝτόναλντ όπου μας 'συστήνει' τον μυστηριώδη ντετέκτιβ, Λιού Άρτσερ (1949). Σε αυτό το βιβλίο, ο συγγραφέας, όμως, ακολουθεί διαφορετική πορεία στο 'ξεδίπλωμα' της πλοκής από τα μετέπειτα μυθιστορήματά του. Το 1ο μέρος είναι αρκετά βραδυφλεγές με λίγα ψήγματα σασ......more