Ross Macdonald

8 Series

Ross Macdonald, the pen name of Kenneth Millar (1915-1983), was an American-Canadian author renowned for his crime fiction and mystery novels set in Southern California. His series featuring private investigator Lew Archer established him as one of the masters of hardboiled mysteries, alongside Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Two of his Lew Archer novels were adapted into films, with Paul Newman portraying the detective as "Lew Harper."

Ross Macdonald, originally Kenneth Millar, authored several novels under various titles. "The Dark Tunnel" was also published as "I Die Slowly," while "Trouble Follows Me" appeared as "Night Train." "The Moving Target" was released as "Harper," and "The Ivory Grin" as "Marked for Murder." "Meet Me at the Morgue" was alternatively titled "Experience With Evil." These works, including the Chet Gordon series, "Blue City," and "The Three Roads," showcase Macdonald's talent for crafting compelling narratives.

Lew Archer

The Moving Target / Harper

(1949)

The Drowning Pool

(1950)

The Way Some People Die

(1951)

The Ivory Grin / Marked for Murder

(1952)

Find a Victim

(1954)

The Barbarous Coast

(1956)

The Doomsters

(1958)

The Galton Case

(1959)

The Wycherly Woman

(1961)

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

(1962)

The Chill

(1963)

The Far Side of the Dollar

(1965)

Black Money

(1966)

The Instant Enemy

(1968)

The Goodbye Look

(1969)

The Underground Man

(1971)

Sleeping Beauty

(1973)

The Blue Hammer

(1976)

Lew Archer Collections

The Name is Archer

(1955)

Lew Archer, Private Investigator

(1977)

The Archer Files

(2007)

Chet Gordon (as Kenneth Millar)

The Dark Tunnel / I Die Slowly

(1944)

Trouble Follows Me

(1946)

Standalone Novels

Blue City

(1947)(As: Kenneth Millar)

The Three Roads

(1948)(As: Kenneth Millar)

Meet Me at the Morgue / Experience with Evil

(1954)

The Ferguson Affair

(1967)

Short Stories/Novellas

The Guilty Ones

(1952)

The Imaginary Blonde

(1953)

Midnight Blue

(2010)

Short Story Collections

Strangers in Town

(2001)(With: Tom Nolan)

Akashic Noir

San Francisco Noir

(2002)

Seattle Noir

(2003)

Bronx Noir

(2003)

Brooklyn Noir

(2004)

Brooklyn Noir 2

(2005)

Chicago Noir

(2005)

Manhattan Noir

(2006)

Miami Noir: The Classics

(2006)

D.C. Noir

(2006)

Baltimore Noir

(2006)

London Noir

(2006)

New Orleans Noir

(2007)

Los Angeles Noir

(2007)

Wall Street Noir

(2007)

Havana Noir

(2007)

Detroit Noir

(2007)

Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth

(2008)

Toronto Noir

(2008)

Las Vegas Noir

(2008)

Manhattan Noir 2

(2008)

Paris Noir

(2008)

Istanbul Noir

(2008)

Boston Noir

(2009)

Rome Noir

(2009)

San Francisco Noir 2

(2009)

Portland Noir

(2009)

Delhi Noir

(2009)

Phoenix Noir

(2009)

Los Angeles Noir 2

(2010)

Mexico City Noir

(2010)

Richmond Noir

(2010)

Orange County Noir

(2010)

Indian Country Noir

(2010)

Moscow Noir

(2010)

Lone Star Noir

(2010)

Philadelphia Noir

(2010)

Haiti Noir

(2010)

Copenhagen Noir

(2010)

Pittsburgh Noir

(2011)

San Diego Noir

(2011)

Pittsburgh Noir

(2011)

Barcelona Noir

(2011)

Cape Cod Noir

(2011)

Staten Island Noir

(2012)

Mumbai Noir

(2012)

Long Island Noir

(2012)

Venice Noir

(2012)

Kingston Noir

(2012)

St. Petersburg Noir

(2012)

Kansas City Noir

(2012)

Boston Noir 2

(2012)

Manila Noir

(2013)

Buffalo Noir

(2013)

Twin Cities Noir

(2013)

Dallas Noir

(2013)

Haiti Noir 2

(2013)

Singapore Noir

(2014)

Prison Noir

(2014)

Tel Aviv Noir

(2014)

Tehran Noir

(2014)

Belfast Noir

(2014)

Helsinki Noir

(2014)

Providence Noir

(2015)

Chicago Noir: The Classics

(2015)

Memphis Noir

(2015)

Zagreb Noir

(2015)

Marseille Noir

(2015)

Beirut Noir

(2015)

Stockholm Noir

(2016)

Brussels Noir

(2016)

Mississippi Noir

(2016)

St. Louis Noir

(2016)

Prague Noir

(2016)

San Juan Noir

(2016)

Oakland Noir

(2017)

Trinidad Noir

(2017)

Atlanta Noir

(2017)

New Haven Noir

(2017)

Montana Noir

(2017)

Buenos Aires Noir

(2017)

Montreal Noir

(2017)

Berlin Noir

(2018)

São Paulo Noir

(2018)

Santa Cruz Noir

(2018)

Lagos Noir

(2018)

Marrakech Noir

(2018)

Baghdad Noir

(2018)

Vancouver Noir

(2018)

Sydney Noir

(2018)

Hong Kong Noir

(2018)

Amsterdam Noir

(2019)

Houston Noir

(2019)

Columbus Noir

(2020)

Santa Fe Noir

(2020)

Alabama Noir

(2020)

Addis Ababa Noir

(2020)

Tampa Bay Noir

(2020)

Belgrade Noir

(2020)

Anthologies

Dear Dead Days: 1972 Mystery Writers of America Anthology

(1972)

Space Suits & Gumshoes

(1972)

Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels

(1986)

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories

(1988)

City Sleuths and Tough Guys

(1989)

Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories

(1996)

The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories

(1996)

Writing Los Angeles

(2002)

Books to Die For

(2012)

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