To say that the plot of this Ross Macdonald novel gets tangled is an understatement. As in other Lew Archer stories, and as in the Quirke novels that I am also reading this month, dark family secrets play a large role in the resolution of the case. Macdonald's facility with dialogue, and the skill of his detective in untangling those knots, makes The Instant Enemy an unalloyed pleasure.
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