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The Galton Case Part Eighteen

                                                                                                               Spoiler Alert                     STILL THINKING ABOUT THE GALTON CASE     As we have seen, the book does not follow the classic structure of a...

The Galton Case Part Seventeen

                                                                                                     Spoiler Alert                             THINKING ABOUT THE GALTON CASE       By now you should feel exhausted after being peppered with a hundred...

The Galton Case Part Sixteen

                                                                                                             Spoiler Alert      SOMETIMES THINGS TAKE TWENTY YEARS TO HAPPEN FAST                                          Back to the Pleasures of Pitt, Ontario...

The Galton Case Part Fifteen

                                                                                                            Spoiler Alert                            THE BEST VIEW OF PITT, ONTARIO                             IS IN YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR                      ...

The Galton Case Part Fourteen

                                                                                                                   Spoiler Alert                    WHAT A DIFFERENCE A COUPLE OF WEEKS MAKES     When we last saw the boy, he was packing up a pathetic handful of...

The Galton Case Part Thirteen

                                                                                                       Spoiler Alert                           LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING               I borrow this title from a short memoir about a woman who...

The Galton Case Part Twelve

                                                                                                         Spoiler Alert                                                                                                                                                ...

The Galton Case Part Eleven

                               CHRISTMAS MEMORIES OF 1936                                     The Police Lend a Hand—Reluctantly                Archer stops by the sheriff’s substation; the deputy handling the Galton case is a tough sell, but by using...

The Galton Case Part Ten

                      SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING OLD                                                       Follow That Car!               Archer telephones the sheriff in Santa Teresa, where Archer’s car was stolen.  Not that it is strictly Archer’s business,...

The Galton Case Part Nine

                         FILL HER UP AND CHECK THE OIL                                A Gas Station--The Quintessential California Venue                The boy pumping gas can’t find the dipstick for the oil, which gives Archer a chance to get out and...

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