• SPECIAL EDITIONS: June 2020 marked thirty years since the Vintage Crime and Black Lizard imprints combined to form a powerhouse publishing program. Eight classics have been chosen to receive special edition covers to celebrate this Vintage Crime/Black Lizard anniversary.

• ELLROY INTRODUCTIONS: James Ellroy—the Demon Dog of American Literature—has agreed to write introductions for each of these books.

• A THRILLING GENRE: Crime fiction has never been more popular, and these classic works of the genre are must-reads for all enthusiasts. 

Ross Macdonald’s real name was Kenneth Millar. Born near San Francisco in 1915 and raised in Ontario, Canada, Millar returned to the U.S. as a young man and published his first novel in 1944. He served as the president of the Mystery Writers of America and was awarded their Grand Master Award as well as the Mystery Writers of Great Britain’s Gold Dagger Award. He died in 1983.

"The American private eye, immortalized by Hammett, refined by Chandler, brought to its zenith by MacDonald."—The New York Times Book Review

"An entertainment of almost Byzantine complexity in which practically nothing is as the facts would seem…. Highly satisfactory."—The New Yorker

"Lew Archer…is a crime-fighter of the old school; painstakingly searching out the twisting thread of suspense that leads him from the hint of one complicated drama to another."—Christian Science Monitor