NMLP P-028362 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Chill

Ross Macdonald · Alfred A. Knopf · 1964

US Knopf is the true first; the UK Collins Crime Club edition (1964) followed. The novel won the CWA Silver Dagger. One of Macdonald's strongest Lew Archer novels.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-028362 for "The Chill" by Ross Macdonald (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-028362, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).