Sergio is joined by Moira Redmond, she of the mighty Clothes in Books blog, to celebrate the work of Ross Macdonald, creator of PI Lew Archer and for many the natural successor to Hammett and Chandler. We look at his books, his life with his wife, celebrated mystery author Margaret Millar, and some of the films based on his novels including HARPER (1966) and THE DROWNING POOL (1975). both starring Paul Newman, and the TV Movie THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1974) featuring Peter Graves as Archer.

Here is a complete list of the Archer novels in publication order:

1. The Moving Target (1949)

2. The Drowning Pool (1950)

3. The Way Some People Die (1951)

4. The Ivory Grin (1952)

5. Find a Victim (1954)

6. The Barbarous Coast (1956)

7. The Doomsters (1958)

8. The Galton Case (1959)

9. The Wycherly Woman (1961)

10. The Zebra-Striped Hearse (1962)

11. The Chill (1964)

12. The Far Side of the Dollar (1965)

13. Black Money (1966)

14. The Instant Enemy (1968)

15. The Goodbye Look (1969)

16. The Underground Man (1971)

17. Sleeping Beauty (1973)

18. The Blue Hammer (1976)