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      The Way Some People Die

      by Ross MacDonald
      Published
      Jan 1951
      Main Genre
      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      195
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      Series
      A Lew Archer Mystery Book 3

      About This Book

      In a rundown house in Santa Monica, Mrs. Samuel Lawrence presses fifty crumpled bills into Lew Archer's hand and asks him to find her wandering daughter, Galatea. Following a trail that twists from Pacific Point to San Francisco and Palm Springs, Archer finds his Galatea and a number of other missing persons—living and dead.

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      Book 3
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      Suspense

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      Hard-Boiled Private Investigator

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      Jun 1990 Warner ISBN 0446359025
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      Jan 1951 John Curley & Assoc ISBN 0893402508
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