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The Chill (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) (Paperback)

by Ross MacDonald (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books; 1st Vintage Books/Black Lizard Ed edition (Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0679768076
  • ISBN-13: 978-0679768074
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 383,237 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"The American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by MacDonald." --The New York Times Book Review
"An entertainment of almost Byzantine complexity in which practically nothing is as the facts would seem. . . . Highly satisfactory." --The New Yorker
"Lew Archer . . . is a crime-fighter of the old school; painstakingly searching out the twisting thread of suspense that leads him from the hint of one complicated drama to another." --Christian Science Monitor

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4.0 out of 5 stars A look at the dark corners of human nature, 22 Jul 2003
By Neal C. Reynolds (Indianapolis, Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chill (Paperback)
Noir fiction often has tested barriers and taboos. This Lew Archer novel is in that tradition in that it doesn't break any taboos, but it does hint at it. If THE CHILL were written today, I think it would have been a bit more direct.

As with many Lew Archer cases, this one starts innocently enough with his being hired to find a missing newlywed who's disappeared after an encounter with a mysterious visitor. In a short period of time, he's involved in a murder case, one in which he feels a vague sense of being responsible. There are the usual twists, the usual questions of identity, the interconnection of characters which doesn't at first meet the eye.

MacDonald characters are difficult to pigeonhole into "good" or "bad" categories. The motivations often come from deeply within the psyches of the characters.

The emphasis in this story as well as most in the series is on the puzzle. There are seldom recurring characters in these novels, and little interaction other than investigative betwee Archer and the other characters. And as always, the dark corners of human nature are well probed.

Definitely highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lew Archer takes on the ivory tower, 29 Nov 2008
By Mr. A. V. Ward "Joburg Joller" (Weybridge, Surrey) - See all my reviews
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Some of Macdonald's best dialogue propels this mystery, populated by sympathetic characters. Macdonald's acerbic familiarity with academia's incestuousness and petty jealousies gives this tale of lost hopes and destroyed dreams resonance. Yet, I must confess to finding his usually faultless plotting not quite on the money in this case, perhaps due to the disjuncture between the industrial midwest where the tragedy originates and the coastal college where it is resolved.
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