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The Barbarous Coast
- Narrated by: Tom Parker
- Series: Lew Archer, Book 6
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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"Tom Parker reads with great skill, shading primarily by accent rather than by tone or volume....This is an excellent presentation of an excellent crime novel." (AudioFile)
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- R. Reimschuessel
- 06-01-19
Good as it gets
Wonderful performance of a classic noir mystery. Spare writing with a great private eye, who has great psychological and social insight into the people he meets, which makes him a detective with a sympathetic morality. You will love it.
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