The Moving Target
1949 • 246 pages

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17 primary books18 released books

Lew Archer

Lew Archer is a 18-book series with 17 primary works first released in 1949 with contributions by Ross Macdonald.

The Name is Archer
The Moving Target
The Drowning Pool
The Way Some People Die
The Ivory Grin

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An LA hard-boiled detective story but not hard-boiled enough. The writing is overall rather flat.

September 9, 2016

Macdonald is sometimes grouped with Chandler and Hammett as masters of the hardboiled mystery, but this just didn't grab me. I prefer Chandler

March 29, 2018

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