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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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      Pages
      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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      Genres

      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Hard-Boiled Private Investigator

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      Jun 1990 Warner ISBN13 9780446359023 ISBN10 0446359025
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      Trade Paperback
      Jul 2007 Vintage ISBN13 9780307278982 ISBN10 0307278980
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      Jan 2011 Knopf ISBN13 9780307772862 ISBN10 0307772861
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      Jan 2011 Vintage ISBN10 B004FGLXK6
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      Jan 1951 John Curley & Assoc ISBN13 9780893402501 ISBN10 0893402508
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