The Drowning Pool
First edition | |
| Author | Ross Macdonald |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Bill English |
| Language | English |
| Series | Lew Archer |
| Genre | Mystery novel |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1950 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 182 |
| ISBN | 0-679-76806-8 |
| OCLC | 35172920 |
| 813/.52 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3525.I486 D75 1996 |
| Preceded by | The Moving Target |
| Followed by | The Way Some People Die |
The Drowning Pool is a 1950 mystery novel by American writer Ross Macdonald, then writing under the name John Ross Macdonald (and simply John Macdonald in the UK). It is his second book in the series revolving around the cases of private detective Lew Archer and was published by Alfred A. Knopf in the US and in 1952 by Cassell in the UK. It was made into the 1975 Paul Newman film The Drowning Pool