Lew Archer Novels (Audio): The Ivory Grin (Audiobook)

from idiotgirl

Audiobook. More a 3.5. I am always pleased with time spent with Ross Macdonald.

from jonesli

An unpleasant woman named Una hires Lew Archer to track down her former maid Lucy Champion, who she claims stole her jewelry. He knows that there's more to the case than meets the eye, is intrigued and accepts the case. When he finds the former maid, she is found dead in a motel room with her thr...

from Leischen

Lew Archer has not fully formed yet in this 2nd adventure. He's still stuck too tightly in the Philip Marlowe mode. The classics in the series are still a few years off. But, MacDonald's Archer at this point in the run is still better than 99% of the other private eye novels of the time. Archer i...

from phillipfrey

This is the 5th Lew Archer book I've read in a row. Years ago I had read all of Ross MacDonald's books, which included the non-Lew Archer books. I thought now would be a good time to reread the Lew Archer's. I was right. This one, "The Ivory Grin," takes place in a small California town. Archer i...

from Algybama

A conventionally incomprehensible story filled with good writing. Some great inversions of the hardboiled tough-guy detective - like how he won't smoke before breakfast. The racial angle gets dropped a little too quickly, but it's done with enough style at the beginning that it's still significant.