The Drowning Pool [The Lew Archer Series Book 2]

195 pp. Author's sixth book, and the first written under the name John Ross Macdonald. Inspiration for the film starring Paul Newman. This, the second Lew Archer novel, opens with a well-dressed woman engaging Archer's services at his LA office. Soon he's digging up secrets in her oil-rich hometown, and the themes of tormented families, environmental destruction, and concealed paternity begin to emerge.