Meet Me at the Morgue

Ross Macdonald

Dec 2010 · Sold by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

About this ebook

Somebody in Pacific Point is guilty of a kidnapping, but what probation officer Howard Cross wants to find most is innocence: in an ex-war hero who has taken a tough manslaughter rap, in a wealthy woman with a heart full of secrets, and in a blue-eyed beauty who has lost her way.  The trouble is that the abduction has already turned to murder, and the more Cross pries into the case the further he slips into a pool of violence and evil.  Somewhere in the California desert the whole scheme may come down on the wrong man.  Somewhere Cross is going to find the last piece of a bloody puzzle—a mystery of blackmail, passion, and hidden identities that might be better left unsolved.

Ratings and reviews

Kinda funny...When I start listening to a new book on CD, I don't always read the box cover to learn about the author or the book itself. So, I start listening to "Meet Me at the Morgue". It is a classical private detective, murder book in the finest tradition of Mike Hammer. The tone and dialog of the book was impressive in how it captured the 1940's. In fact, so impressive while listening to was getting more and more impressed with how a modern author could really get the dialog and expressions correct for that era. OK, so the book completes and reader starts doing the credits. Big surprise! The original book is copyright 1953...yes, 1953. Ah ha! That explains how the author could capture the dialog and tone of the 40's!<br/><br/>It was the unabridged version of a relatively short novel. Frankly, it wasn't so good. I'd give it a thumbs down. I'd rather listen to a real "Mike Hammer" novel anyday. Oh well.<br/>

About the author

Ross Macdonald’s real name was Kenneth Millar.  Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Millar returned to the U.S. 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.