The Zebra-Striped Hearse

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

First edition
Author Ross Macdonald
Country United States
Language English
Series Lew Archer
Genre Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher Knopf
Publication date
1962
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Preceded by The Wycherly Woman
Followed by The Chill

The Zebra-Striped Hearse is a detective mystery written in 1962 by Ross Macdonald, the tenth book featuring his private eye, Lew Archer.

Plot introduction

Archer hunts a missing girl who may be dead, possibly murdered. Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man’s suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Archer is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlan. And then there is the gay zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law’s–and Archer’s. He questions the surfers, but to the youngsters, death is remote and funny. To the world-weary detective, it's close and grim.

Facts and quotations

"The greatest American mystery novelist. Macdonald imbued the mystery with the qualities of a full-bodied novel: impeccable plotting, a sense of place, a careful delineation of human psychology, and a perfect fusion of story and character." Richard North Patterson

"Ross Macdonald gives to the detective story that accent of class that Raymond Chandler did." The Chicago Tribune

References

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