Meet Me at the Morgue

Meet Me at the Morgue

by Ross Macdonald

224 pages· 2010· ISBN 9780307740755
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Somebody in Pacific Point is guilty of a kidnapping, but what probation officer Howard Cross wants to find most is innocence: in an ex-war hero who has taken a tough manslaughter rap, in a wealthy woman with a heart full of secrets, and in a blue-eyed beauty who has lost her way. The trouble is that the abduction has already turned to murder, and the more Cross pries into the case the further he slips into a pool of violence and evil. Somewhere in the California desert the whole scheme may come down on the wrong man. Somewhere Cross is going to find the last piece of a bloody puzzle—a mystery of blackmail, passion, and hidden identities that might be better left unsolved.

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    How does Howard Cross’s role as a probation officer shape his unique perspective on human nature compared to the typical hard-boiled private detective found in mid-century noir fiction?

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    Ross Macdonald is celebrated for setting his mysteries against the sunny, often artificial backdrop of Southern California; how does this setting influence the dark themes of blackmail, kidnapping, and murder in the novel?

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    Howard Cross is driven by a quest to find "innocence" in a corrupt world—have you ever found yourself searching for goodness or purity in an environment that felt overwhelmingly cynical?

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