The Lew Archer Series - Book 1
The Moving Target
“Archer solves crimes with the instincts of a psychologist and the conscience of a priest, and the mid-twentieth century Southern California setting is a wonderful ride in the Wayback Machine.”
Los Angeles Times
A Los Angeles Times Pick of Best Mysteries Series
Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshiping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain and the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and S&M. Now, one of Sampson's friends may have arranged his kidnapping.
As private eye Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the mega-rich to jazz joints where you can get beaten up between sets, The Moving Target blends sex, greed, misdirected love, and family hatred into an explosive crime novel.
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