BLACK MONEY was Macdonald's second novel of 1965, the only
year in which he published two novels. No significance
implied. Just an observation.
My own little theory about Lew Archer is that he functions as
much like a psychoanalyst as a detective. As in nearly all
the books, the roots of the crime in BLACK MONEY lie in the
past that has to be revealed to the present. Archer says at
one point, "I let the conversation go on. Such desultory
continuing conversations were one of my best sources of
information." The analyst in THE CHILL says something
similar: "I wait and listen."
Bill Crider
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