After a friend is killed by a international super criminal his friends band together to track him down and kill him. A chase ensues through France until the matter is resolved.
This is totally outlandish, totally preposterous and totally entertaining. From a time when men were men and the women thought this was a bit of alright.
Great fun, its so over the top it makes Fleming look like a scholar
MacDonald is one of the masters of the hardboiled Californian noir.
As usual Lew Archer keeps digging until the mystery is solved.
A high diver who went to high living, an ex-prize fighter with an unexplained movie contract and the ghost of an 18 year old murdered girl.
Great reading , very good story.
Crikey this is dull, it has a good plot with spies and killers and an interesting setting but there is not an ounce of humour and its just plods along.
The editor needed to be frank with the pen and cull this book by 50 pages, which would have been just some of the adjectives.
A shame its so dull as the potential is there.
A very solid police procedural , no cheats, the reader has only the information that the investigators have to solve the crime.
Very dark, very good.
My re-read of Kerr's Bernie Gunther series has started in earnest.
I can't praise these high enough. Historically accurate and fantastic entertainment.
Two widows are murdered in the Western Australian pearl town of Broome, with the killer escaping without leaving a clue for the police.
Detective Inspector Napoleon (Bony) Bonaparte is sent to investigate , while he is there there is a third murder.
This is a good Upfield, yes the language is dated, with this originally published in 1950, but these stories need to be enjoyed for what they are and not judged by what some 25 year in 2021 thinks the language and views of the characters should be.
An important government official is murdered prior to a speaking engagement, and so the story begins.
As always the dialogue is the best bit, Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe, two of the best.
