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Author: Ross Macdonald Narrator: Grover Gardner Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Delivery: Instant Download Audio Length: Release Date: July 2009 ISBN: 9781481549318
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Meet Me at the Morgue is the story of a kidnapping that led to four murders. In his search for the killer, Howard Cross digs deep into the Los Angeles underworld, finding along the way a beautiful, lost adolescent mourning a dead lover, a suitcase hidden under an aging sadist’s bed, and a slovenly gentleman with an ice pick in his neck. Ross Macdonald has never written a story quite like this, and neither has anyone else.

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Quotes & Awards

  • “My favorite...[Macdonald] is first among those novelists who raised the genre from its roots in pulp fiction to serious literature.”

    P.D. James, from Talking About Detective Fiction

  • “All the pace and excitment of earlier Macdonalds...A legitimately surising solution.”

    New York Times

  •  “A gorgeous look at the late 1940s…fine listening for Macdonald fans.”

    AudioFile

  • “One of the fastest moving, snappiest five-and-a-half hours you will ever spend trying to figure out who dun’ it…This is a terrific listen…Gardener’s work here is amazing…it’s hard to think that anyone who enjoys a good mystery wouldn’t like this one.”

    Audiobookstoday.com

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  • 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 HBalikov | 7/25/2013

    " Dated and slow, but it gets better if you have the patience to follow it through. McDonald is not writing with Lew Archer as his protagonist here. You wonder how much you can trust his perspective. But the action heats up as it goes on, and the ending is more satisfying than expected. "

  • 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5 Missmath144 | 7/21/2013

    " Kidnapping and murder come into play in this Ross Macdonald mystery. Instead of Lew Archer as the protagonist, there is a probation officer. "

  • 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 Al | 8/11/2012

    " Nothing exciting. MacDonald does better with Lew Archer novels. This was a recorded book not a book. "

  • 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 Roshni | 1/29/2012

    " Another Macdonald mystery with a new hero: Howard Cross, not as good as Archer, but still decent "

  • 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 John | 7/3/2011

    " This was written in the '50s, so I thought it would have an interesting period/noir thing going for it, but it was standard knockoff mystery fiction with a disappointing ending. "

  • 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 Al | 3/22/2011

    " Nothing exciting. MacDonald does better with Lew Archer novels. This was a recorded book not a book. "

  • 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5 Missmath144 | 8/1/2010

    " Kidnapping and murder come into play in this Ross Macdonald mystery. Instead of Lew Archer as the protagonist, there is a probation officer. "

  • 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 HBalikov | 7/24/2009

    " Dated and slow, but it gets better if you have the patience to follow it through. McDonald is not writing with Lew Archer as his protagonist here. You wonder how much you can trust his perspective. But the action heats up as it goes on, and the ending is more satisfying than expected. "

  • 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 John | 1/19/2009

    " This was written in the '50s, so I thought it would have an interesting period/noir thing going for it, but it was standard knockoff mystery fiction with a disappointing ending. "

About the Author

Ross Macdonald (1915–1983) was the pen name of Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco but raised in British Columbia, he returned to the United States as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. For over twenty years he lived in Santa Barbara and wrote mystery novels about the fascinating and changing society of his native state. He is widely credited with elevating the detective novel to the level of literature with his compactly written tales of murder and despair. His works have received awards from the Mystery Writers of America and of Great Britain, and his book The Moving Target was made into the movie Harper in 1966. In 1982 he was awarded the Eye Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Private Eye Writers of America.

About the Narrator

Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.