The Drowning Pool [The Lew Archer Series Book 2]

195 pp. Bill English jacket art. 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.