The Galton Case: A Lew Archer Novel: 8 (Lew Archer Series) - Softcover

When an aging and filthy rich woman hires him to investigate her son's disappearance twenty years ago, Lew Archer uncovers a headless skeleton, a suspicious heir, and a con game whose stakes are high enough to kill for. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

y years have passed since Anthony Galton disappeared, along with a suspiciously streetwise bride and several thousand dollars of his family's fortune. Now Anthony's mother wants him back and has hired Lew Archer to find him. What turns up is a headless skeleton, a boy who claims to be Galton's son, and a con game whose stakes are so high that someone is still willing to kill for them. Devious and poetic, The Galton Case displays MacDonald at the pinnacle of his form.