I just finished my (and Macdonald's) first Lew Archer and
felt a little disappointed. The best parts, I felt, were when
Archer explains why he is still a private cop - to pay off a
debt to the man he used to be. But if he is this world-weary
in the first of the series then how is he going to be by the
tenth book? I get the idea that everyone has the potential
for evil, but to make every single speaking role in the novel
apart from the hero and the girl a murderer or complicit in
some way seemed a bit like overkill. I would like to hear
people's thoughts on persevering with the series and its
highs and lows.
Daniel Sevitt
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