num_pages: 247
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Barbarous Coast
titlecomplete: The Barbarous Coast
characters: Lew Archer
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Hard Boiled, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 1485
series: Lew Archer
publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard