The Ivory Grin (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and dripping with diamonds hires Lew Archer to track down her former maid, who she claims has stolen her jewelry. Archer can tell he's being fed a line, but curiosity gets the better of him and he accepts the case. He tracks the wayward maid to a...
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A hard-faced woman clad in a blue mink stole and dripping with diamonds hires Lew Archer to track down her former maid, who she claims has stolen her jewelry. Archer can tell he's being fed a line, but curiosity gets the better of him and he accepts the case. He tracks the wayward maid to a ramshackle motel in a seedy, run-down small town, but finds her dead in her tiny room, with her throat slit from ear to ear. Archer digs deeper into the case and discovers a web of deceit and intrigue, with crazed number-runners from Detroit, gorgeous triple-crossing molls, and a golden-boy shipping heir who’s gone mysteriously missing.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307278999 (0307278999)
ASIN: 0307278999
Publish date: 2007-07-10
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Crime,
Noir,
Pulp,
American Fiction,
Hard Boiled,
Fiction
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