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.”...