![]() In "The Galton Case" (1959), Archer exposes a young man posing as the heir to a lost fortune - first as an imposter, and then as the real heir unknowingly posing as an imposter. The solutions required amazing genealogical gymnastics. Archer solves murders by uncovering the traumatic memories of adults who had suffered or witnessed misdeeds as children. ![]() An Archer novel typically features a labyrinthine plot involving mistaken identities within clans haunted by tragedy. ![]() In book after book, Lew Archer gently pieces together broken family ties. Macdonald wrote in the tough, hardboiled tradition, but his detective was not always a tough guy. He made his reputation with 18 Lew Archer novels published between 19. ![]() He spent his early years in rural Ontario, but lived for most of his adult life in Southern California. Ross Macdonald - the pen name for Kenneth Millar - was born in 1915. ![]()
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