Ross MacDonald [Kenneth Millar] — The Ferguson Affair

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. Cloth. The first UK edition of this intriguing detective novel, in which private investigator, Lew Archer, unveils the dark secrets of a seemingly respectable Californian family. In the publisher's original cloth binding.An intriguing detective novel featuring private investigator Lew Archer, whose search for a missing young man draws him into a tangle of family secrets, moral compromise, and buried violence in post-war California.Ross Macdonald (1915-1983), was the pen name of Canadian-American writer Kenneth Millar, one of the foremost figures of modern American crime fiction. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Two ring staining damp marks to front board. Small closed tears to extremities of joints at tail of spine. Spine slightly faded. Slight offsetting to rear board with one or two slight spots of damp staining. One or two marks to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with slight offsetting to half-title and final leaf. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .