by Neil Albert | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog Posts, The Galton Case
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,...
by Neil Albert | Feb 9, 2023 | Blog Posts, The Galton Case
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...
by Neil Albert | Feb 4, 2023 | Blog Posts, The Galton Case
LUNA BAY THE ENDING AND THE BEGINNING In the thirties, when Anthony Galton lived there, Luna Bay was a sleepy fishing village, so remote it was a good landing spot for rumrunning during...
by Neil Albert | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog Posts, The Galton Case
“IT’S ALL ONE CASE” This quote from Macdonald reminds us of how he viewed his mature fiction. It was more than a matter of economy. In his best work, everything is related. Diversions and dead ends are not what...
by Neil Albert | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog Posts, The Galton Case
SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR—LITERALLY The first five chapters have moved along briskly, and in a relatively few pages Macdonald has laid out the mystery. But it’s been relatively static. The plot has been advanced by a series of...
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