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The Moving Target explores a wide variety of relationships that turn poisonous- husband and wife, brother and sister, lovers both requited and unrequited, employer and servant, and lawyers and the law. Originally said to have been titled "The Snatch" (vetoed for obvious reasons), it tells the story of the kidnapping of an eccentric oil millionaire named Ralph Sampson.

Ross Macdonald is the main pseudonym that was used by the .

Ross Macdonald is the main pseudonym that was used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (/ˈmɪlər/; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983). He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer. A full-length novel featuring him, The Moving Target, followed in 1949 and was the first in a series of eighteen. His first books, patterned on Hammett and Chandler, were at once vivid chronicles of a postwar California and elaborate retellings of Greek and other classic myths.

The Moving Target is a 1949 mystery novel by American writer Ross Macdonald, who at this point used the name "John Macdonald". This is the first Ross Macdonald novel to feature the character of Lew Archer, who would define the author's career. Lew Archer is hired by the dispassionate wife of an eccentric oil tycoon who has gone missing. Archer must dig through a strange cast of Los Angeles characters, finding crime after crime before he can get to the job he was hired to do.

The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity only hinted a. .

The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity only hinted at before. Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. The first book in Ross Macdonald's acclaimed Lew Archer series introduces the detective who redefined the role of the American private eye and gave the crime novel a psychological depth and moral complexity only hinted at before.

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by. Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Archer, Lew (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Archer, Lew (Fictitious character), Private investigators. New York : Bantam Books. Internet Archive Books. Delaware County District Library (Ohio). org on August 1, 2011.

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Ross Macdonald (pseudonym of Kenneth Millar). 5)The Moving Target (1949) as John Macdonald. aka: Harper, 1966) Lew Archer.

Ross Macdonald (pseudonym of Kenneth Millar). 13 December, 1915 - 11 July, 1983) Los Gatos, California - Santa Barbara. Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America - 1974. 6)The Drowning Pool (1950) as John Ross Macdonald Lew Archer. 7)The Way Some People Die (1951) as John Ross Macdonald Lew Archer. Как некоторые умирают.