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The Wycherly Woman Part Three
THE WYCHERLY WOMAN Part Three A GLIMPSE INTO PHOEBE’S COLLEGE DAYS The ride to the college town produces only one piece of useful...
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
THE FERGUSON AFFAIR – Part Nine SPOILER ALERT Some Necessary Background This book was written during one of the lowest points of Macdonald’s life. As we...
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
THE FERGUSON AFFAIR – Part Seven SPOILER ALERT Gunnarson Matches Wits with the Stupidest Criminal Macdonald Ever Created After leaving the Doterys,...
The Ferguson Affair — Part Six
THE FERGUSON AFFAIR – Part Six SPOILER ALERT MOUNTAIN VIEW “Mrs. Haines is one of Ross Macdonald’s wildest originals.” ...
The Ferguson Affair — Part Five
THE FERGUSON AFFAIR –Part Five Mild Spoiler Alert AND THEN THINGS GET BOGGED DOWN Having fed Ferguson several drinks, Gunnarson now insists that he see a doctor. While that...
The Ferguson Affair — Part Four
THE FERGUSON AFFAIR – Part Four GUNNARSON TRIES AGAIN Gunnarson awakes; he is fortunate that his wife is still asleep and doubly fortunate that she’s ignorant of the anonymous...
The Ferguson Affair — Part Three
THE FERGUSON AFFAIR – Part Three MINOR ...
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