Find a Victim — Part Eight

                                                                                                                                  SPOILER ALERT                                        The Pace Picks Up     MacGowan comes bearing important news. Jo Summer has...

Find a Victim — Part Seven

                                    An Odd Conversation     After the strange fumblings of Chapter 18, it’s good to get back to the action in Chapter 19.  Well, not so much; the fumblings in this chapter are logical rather than physical.  The chapter opens...

Find a Victim — Part Six

                                  The Worst Motel Stay Ever       The lights are on in the office of Kerrigan’s motel, giving Archer a clear view of the owners’ brains.  Kerrigan had been shot once, between the eyes, with a gun that Archer guesses might...

Find a Victim — Part Five

                              I’ve Got Friends in Low Places       A few slaps with the Sheriff’s automatic have apparently shaken the stupid out of Archer, because his next move, to Kerrigan’s bar, the Golden Slipper, is a good idea.  The bar boasts...

Find a Victim — Part Four

                                      Working the Edges              Nothing happens by accident in a Ross Macdonald book, and the car ride with Hilda Church is no exception. Hilda has issues with men, partly based on her own negative experiences and partly...