The Chill
Rating
The Pequod Review:
The Chill is the eleventh book in Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer series, and one of his best. Archer is hired to locate a bride who went missing on her honeymoon; the disappearance has connections to a 20-year-old murder and makes Archer feel like a “ghost from the present haunting bloody moments in the past.” The plot is complex but fully plausible, and the book features some of the most suspenseful moments and strongest characters of Macdonald’s entire career. Start here if you are new to Ross Macdonald's work.