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The Detective Book Club: Aftershock; Lew Archer: private investigator; Police chief
The Detective Book Club Aftershock Lew Archer private investigator Police chief Author:Lillian O'Donnell, Ross MacDonald, John Ball 1: Aftershock by Lillian O'Donnell (1977): O'Donnell introduces Mitzi Anholt, agent for New York State's Victims/Witnesses Agency. Mitzi goes beyond her job and gets herself right into the middle of a murder case; 2: Lew Archer: private investigator by Ross MacDonald (1977): Lew Archer is the most famous private eye in contemporary literature.... more » This is the first hardcover edition of Lew Archer short-stories, and the first complete collection. (Find the woman; Gone girl; The bearded lady; The Suicide; Guilt-edged blonde; The Sinister habit; Wild goose chase; Midnight blue; Sleeping dog); 3: Police Chief by John Ball (1977): a young cop takes a job in a small Oregon town. The force is small, poorly trained and unused to seeing much beyond the occasional traffic accident. Chief Jack Tallon's efforts to smarten up procedures soon gets a severe test when several oddly patterned rape cases cause panic in the small town.« less