A review by thebeardedpoet
The Blue Hammer by Ross Macdonald

3.0

Ross Macdonald always provides a sturdy detective novel with vivid characters and occasionally poetic narration. The Blue Hammer may not be his best but it reads well and keeps you interested throughout and the writing itself is good, as usual. I suppose my main complaint in this installment is the repetition of questioning suspects and witnesses. Sometimes the same person is interrogated three or four times. In a way it seemed Lew Archer's only investigative tool was wearing people down until they let something spill.