The Way Some People Die (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
“The best novel in the tough tradition I've read sinceFarewell, My Lovelyand possibly sinceThe Maltese Falcon.”—Anthony Boucher,The New York Times Book Review“The greatest American mystery novelist. Macdonald imbued the mystery with the qualities of a full-bodied novel: impeccable plotting, a sense of place, a careful delineation of human psychology, and a perfect fusion of story and character.”—Richard North Patterson“Ross Macdonald gives to the detective story that accent of class that Raymond Chandler did.”—The Chicago Tribune