The Wycherly Woman Part Two

                                THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                   Part Two                                      LET’S SAY HELLO TO HOMER WYCHERLY   The story opens in a standard Macdonald fashion—Archer driving through a countryside devastated by oil...

THE WYCHERLY WOMAN Part One

                               THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                  Part One                                        WHAT THE COMMENTATORS HAVE TO SAY                                THIS  INTRODUCTION WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT   For every other book, there...

The Ferguson Affair — Part Nine

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The Ferguson Affair — Part Eight

      THE FERGUSON AFFAIR – Part Eight           SPOILER ALERT                     WRAPPING UP THE LOOSE ENDS—AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM   Even Peter Wolfe, a strong admirer of the book, had to concede that the ending was “clogged and contrived.”...

The Ferguson Affair — Part Seven

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