The DoomstersThe Doomsters
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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 formatsHired by a strung-out addict who claims that his father has been murdered, detective Lew Archer investigates the mysterious run of bad luck--including bizarre accidents, suspicious deaths, and madness--experienced by the family of the wealthy and powerful Senator Hallman. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie scion of an obscenely wealthy political dynasty, detective Lew Archer investigates the suspicious deaths of his parents, Senator Hallman and his wife Alicia. Arriving in the sleepy town of Purissima, Archer discovers that orange groves may be where the Hallmans made their mint, but they've has been investing heavily in political intimidation and police brutality to shore up their rancid wealth. However, after years of dastardly double-crossing and low down dirty-dealing, the family seem to be on the receiving end of a karmic death-blow. With two dead already and another consigned to the nuthouse, Archer races to crack the secret before another Hallman lands on the slab.Murder, madness and greed grace The Doomsters, where a tony façade masks the rot and corruption within.
Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie scion of an obscenely wealthy political dynasty, detective Lew Archer investigates the suspicious deaths of his parents, Senator Hallman and his wife Alicia. Arriving in the sleepy town of Purissima, Archer discovers that orange groves may be where the Hallmans made their mint, but they've has been investing heavily in political intimidation and police brutality to shore up their rancid wealth. However, after years of dastardly double-crossing and low down dirty-dealing, the family seem to be on the receiving end of a karmic death-blow. With two dead already and another consigned to the nuthouse, Archer races to crack the secret before another Hallman lands on the slab.Murder, madness and greed grace The Doomsters, where a tony façade masks the rot and corruption within.
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- New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2007, c1958.
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