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Ross Macdonald

Ross Macdonald’s real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the US as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain's Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.
The Bearded Lady
The Archer Files
The Greek Myths
Blue City
The Three Roads
Meet Me at the Morgue
The Ferguson Affair
The Food Snob's Dictionary
The Instant Enemy
The Blue Hammer
The Barbarous Coast
The Doomsters
The Ivory Grin
The Way Some People Die
Find a Victim
The Goodbye Look
Sleeping Beauty
The Wycherly Woman
The Moving Target
The Zebra-Striped Hearse
The Galton Case
The Underground Man
The Far Side of the Dollar
The Drowning Pool
The Chill
Black Money

Books

The Bearded Lady
The Archer Files
The Greek Myths
Blue City
The Three Roads
Meet Me at the Morgue
The Ferguson Affair
The Food Snob's Dictionary
The Instant Enemy
The Blue Hammer
The Barbarous Coast
The Doomsters
The Ivory Grin
The Way Some People Die
Find a Victim
The Goodbye Look
Sleeping Beauty
The Wycherly Woman
The Moving Target
The Zebra-Striped Hearse
The Galton Case
The Underground Man
The Far Side of the Dollar
The Drowning Pool
The Chill
Black Money

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