The Far Side of the Dollar

In THE FAR SIDE OF DOLLAR, Archer is looking for an unstable rick kid who has run away from an exclusive reform school and into the arms of...more

In THE FAR SIDE OF DOLLAR, Archer is looking for an unstable rick kid who has run away from an exclusive reform school and into the arms of kidnappers. Why are his desperate parents so loath to give Archer the information he needs to find him? And why do all trails lead to a derelict Hollywood hotel where starlets and sailors once rubbed elbows with two bit grifters and where the present clientele includes a brand new corpse? The result is Macdonald at his most exciting, delivering 1,000 volt shocks to the nervous system while uncovering the venality and depravity at the heart of the case.   less