The Chill

When Alex Kincaids new bride, Dolly, inexplicably walks out on him, Lew Archer agrees to help find her; but what he finds instead is a corpse and evidence linking Dolly not only to this murder but to a series of others dating back to before she was even born.

Ross Macdonald's real name was Kenneth Millar.  Born near San Francisco and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944.  Macdonald was a prolific writer and published numerous mystery novels.  He was one of the few mystery writers whose books were taken seriously by literary critics during his time.  His bestselling series of detective stories featuring private investigator Lew Archer began with <b>The Moving Target</b> in 1949.  Lew Archer is characterized by a deep compassion for people in trouble and his reluctance to employ violent methods to resolve a conflict.  Archer himself said "I have a secret passion for mercy.  But justice is what keeps happening to people.&quo