 First edition | |
| Author | Ross Macdonald |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Lew Archer |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 271 p. |
| ISBN | 0-394-48474-6 |
| OCLC | 539704 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/2 |
| LC Class | PZ3.M59943 Sl PS3525.I486 |
| Preceded by | The Underground Man |
| Followed by | The Blue Hammer |
Sleeping Beauty is a 1973 novel by Ross Macdonald.
Plot
Private eye Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands - including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of nembutal, a six figure ransom and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach.
Adaptation
KCRW adapted Sleeping Beauty for a radio play in 1996.
References
- Hunter, Jefferson (22 April 2011). "Black Blood: Ross Macdonald and the Oil Spill". Los Angeles Review of Books.
- "Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer".
| The works of Ross Macdonald | |
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| Lew Archer works | |
| Writing as Kenneth Millar | |
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