The Ross MacDonald Blog

                         THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                Part Eleven                                                        These Walls Don’t Talk but the People Sure Do   Archer makes great progress on his second visit to Mrs. Wycherly’s apartment...

                            THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                     Part Ten                                                                        The Place Where Something Important Happened, Maybe               Archer drives his car and follows the cabbie to...

                             THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                Part Nine                             Letters, We Get Letters, We Get Stacks and Stacks of Letters . . .   My apologies to any of my followers who are too young to remember The Perry Como Show, but...

                                 THE WYCHERLY WOMAN               Part Eight                                                          TWO STEPS BACKWARDS AND ONE FORWARD   Archer’s investigation is methodical, but not always productive. He drives to San Francisco...

                               THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                  Part Seven                        Archer Has Had Enough of the High Life, and Tire Irons   When he comes to, his head is bleeding but, surprisingly, his gun is still in its holster.  The...

                        THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                  Part Six                                                                A HOT TIME AT THE HACIENDA INN               Macdonald was endlessly fascinated with the extremes of wealth and poverty in...

                   THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                     Part Five                WHAT’S THE POINT OF A CALIFORNIA STORY WITHOUT REAL ESTATE?                Merriman, the realtor, isn’t in, but his wife Sally is. When Archer feigns interest...

                        THE WYCHERLY WOMAN                Part Four                             A CLIENT IS SOMEONE WHO HOLDS OUT ON YOU                                     --Dave Garrett. Garrett Investigations, Philadelphia   After a frustrating...