THE ZEBRA-STRIPED HEARSE

Macdonald is one of the elite in hard-boiled mystery fiction. In his tenth book (1962), he again indulges us with the moody, smart-mouthed, introspective character of PI Lew Archer. The story--mostly set in Southern California--takes us inside people’s lives--we get to know them and sympathize with some of them. Tom Parker’s flat middle-American voice is well suited to the characterizations in this book. Parker’s rendition is a first-class reading. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 03/JAN 04]