The Way Some People Die [SEP] series
The Way Some People Die
The Way Some People Die is a detective mystery written in 1951 by American author Ross Macdonald. It is the third book featuring his private eye Lew Archer.
Plot introduction.
Middle-aged Mrs. Samuel Lawrence gives Lew Archer 50 dollars for one day of his time to find her daughter Galatea (a.k.a. Galley) who has been missing since just before Christmas. Archer soon discovers she was married to a small-time mobster named Joe Tarantine. Starting the investigation in the most likely
commonly in his work, Pacific Point, located south of Los Angeles.
Anthony Boucher described it as: "The best novel in the tough tradition I've read since "Farewell, My Lovely" and possibly since "The Maltese Falcon"."
Dick Lochte wrote: "I'm not sure why I prefer "The Way Some People Die" to" The Moving Target'", the first book in the series, or" The Galton Case", in which Macdonald distances himself from the influence of