Ross Macdonald [Kenneth Millar] — The Chill

London, The Crime Club by Collins , 1964 . First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of Ross Macdonald's eleventh Lew Archer detective novel, presented here in the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition. First published in the US the year prior. In the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. Written by American-Canadian mystery author Kenneth Millar, who largely wrote under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald. Millar is best known for his series of detective novels set in Southern California, featuring private investigator Lew Archer. 'The Chill' is the eleventh novel in Millar's Lew Archer series, with this particular story showing Archer being hired to track down the wife of a newly-married man. Bound in the publisher's cloth, in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear. Light spotting to endpapers and a few marks to fore edge. Dust wrapper is sound, with light chipping to the extremities, a few closed tears, including larger tears to the head and tail of the rear joint. Horizontal tear to rear panel. Light marking and creasing to wrap, with sunning to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.