To close out my 1950s reading, I took on a Lew Archer entry,
THE GALTON CASE (1959). For me, this story didn't hang
together as well as other early Lew Archer tales. Again, it
involves a rich lady and Lew is hired to find her son missing
for twenty years. The plot seems to wobble, especially toward
the end.
OTH,I did enjoy reading it. Lew, at one point, has a tooth
broken and has to see a dentist. (Usually, the teeth are
knocked out whole.) At another point, a Sheriff picks up a
pencil and breaks it. Good mannerisms create believable hb
characters, eh?
Ed Lynskey
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