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Black Money
- A Lew Archer Novel
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Lew Archer, Book 13
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 07-20-09
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $18.87
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Publisher's Summary
Black Money is Ross Macdonald at his finest, baring the skull beneath the suntanned skin of Southern California's high society.
Critic Reviews
"A beautiful job...rich in plot and character....The denouement is both surprising and shocking and the whole is up to Mr. Macdonald's extraordinarily high standards." ( New York Times Book Review)
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- Peter
- The Hague, Netherlands
- 03-30-11
Good book, great reader
Ross Macdonald is a personal favourite of mine and I am happy his novels are available as audiobooks. Black Money is not one of the greatest Lew Archer novels but it is interesting enough, especially when you are interested in private-eye tales of the Golden Era. Grover Gardner is a perfect reader for this genre, hearing his voice, Lew Archer comes to live right before your eyes. And since these books are full of dialogue, Gardner masters all characters and accents, social classes and etnic accents. I was very pleased with this book and only hope Audible gives access to more of the Ross Macdonald/Lew Archer novels; There are sixteen but only eight are available for members from Europe. A shame!
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Solid Mystery
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- 08-05-11
Sanguine '60s Noire
Ross Mac was a pretty decent storyteller. His plot line unravels well, the characters are chiseled out like stone monuments, and there's just enough sex and death to keep even James Ellroy fans intrigued.
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- Book Dad
- 02-17-18
Ugh: bland, tedious untrue to the genre
I've read this clunker twice over the years, tempted by the cover, a sucker for a good noire story, and wanting to give RM one more chance. This one is so tedious, awash in uninteresting characters, virtually no action, and a convoluted story. It almost seems like it was written by a computer algorithm. It just goes on and on without spice or dramatic punctuation. Really truly don't bother.
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