cover image Strangers in Town: Three Newly Discovered Mysteries

Strangers in Town: Three Newly Discovered Mysteries

Ross MacDonald. Crippen & Landru Publishers, $15 (164pp) ISBN 978-1-885941-52-7

Macdonald fans will hail Strangers in Town: Three Newly Discovered Mysteries by Ross Macdonald, edited by his biographer, Tom Nolan. The first story, ""Death by Water,"" stars Macdonald's first detective, Joe Rogers, while two novelettes, ""Strangers in Town"" and ""The Anger Man,"" feature Lew Archer, his longstanding series hero. For collectors there's a cloth edition signed by the editor for $37.