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Plot. Colonel and Mrs. Blackwell hire Archer to investigate their prospective son-in-law, an artist named Burke Damis. Blackwell believes Damis is marrying their daughter Harriet only for her money. Archer takes the case, warning the Blackwells that they must be prepared to accept whatever information he uncovers, good or bad.
- Ross Macdonald
- 1962
Apr 1, 2008 · 4.5 405 ratings. See all formats and editions. Celebrated private eye Lew Archer is hired by a father intent on preventing the marriage of his daughter to a penniless and possibly murderous artist. The chase takes Archer from Mexico to Lake Tahoe and from the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles as more than one murder crowds the investigation.
Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Archer is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan.
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Apr 20, 2016 · The pathway — which goes from the San Francisco suburbs, to Mexico, to Nevada, and back again — gets ugly as Archer finds a string of murders, all with links to Damis, this stranger who is definitely working under an alias.
The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross Macdonald. Only show reviews with written explanations
Jul 13, 2023 · Joel and Ethan Coen to reunite to write and direct ‘The Zebra Striped Hearse,’ which is in development at Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures. Based on the eponymous novel by Ross Macdonald, the film follows the private eye Lew Archer, who is hired by Colonel and Mrs. Blackwell to dig deep into the life of their prospective son-in-law, an ...
