The Wycherly Woman (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

Synopsis

phoebe Wycherly Was Missing Two Months Before Her Wealthy Father Hired Archer To Find Her. That Was Plenty Of Time For A Young Girl Who Wanted To Disappear To Do So Thoroughly—or For Someone To Make Her Disappear. Before He Can Find The Wycherly Girl, Archer Has To Deal With The Wycherly Woman, Phoebe's Mother, An Eerily Unmaternal Blonde Who Keeps Too Many Residences, Has Too Many Secrets, And Leaves Too Many Corpses In Her Wake.

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published In 1949, 1961, And 1962, Respectively, These Three Titles Find Gumshoe Lew Archer Up To His Neck In Murder, Kidnapping, And Blackmail Just Another Day At The Office. This Is Hard-boiled Detective Writing At The Top Of Its Form.