About the Author

MacDonald served as president of The Mystery Writers of America in 1965, received the Silver Dagger in 1964 and the Gold Dagger in 1965 from The British Crime Writers Association, and in 1981, received The Eye, the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Private Eye Writers of America.

Reviews

The American private eye, immortalised Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by Macdonald
*The New York Times Book Review*