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Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald is the pseudonym of the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (/ˈmɪlər/; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. Brought up in Ontario, he eventually settled in California, where he died in 1983.

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Ross Macdonald’s ‘The Moving Target’: A History in 25 Covers

Ross Macdonald's 'The Moving Target': A History in 25 Covers | CrimeReads

Love books - The far side of the Dollar by Ross Macdonald (Lew Archer plunges into a web of murder and extortion. Enjoy one of the most celebrated detectives in American fiction!)

Ross MacDonald's classic, Sleeping Beauty

Review: Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald, Conjoined by a Torrent of Words (Published 2015) | Eudora welty, Good romance books, Eudora

The correspondence between these two authors gives us the feel of love rising off the page.

Pin by Jamie on pulp ! | Lion book, Detective novels, Paperback book covers

THE DARK TUNNEL/ by Kenneth Millar aka Ross Macdonald. I have so got to track this down...

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Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald

A Visit with Mitchell Hooks, Part 3 | Book cover art, Cover art, Pulp art

Where artist and writer combine their arts - Mitchell Hooks and Ross MacDonald

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"The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters." --Ross Macdonald

The Name Is Archer by John Ross MacDonald

Love books - the zebra-striped hearse by Ross Macdonald (Happy Birthday Ross Macdonald!)

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