I just see it as Archer's specialty and so that's what the
majority of his cases are about ... just as Marlowe doesn't
do divorce work. In the canon it provides a variety to the
PIs ... not having everyone of them being Jacks of all Trades
within the business just as it would be in reality. Finding
missing persons is a typical PI gig and if you're good at ...
which Archer is ... your going to have a reputation for it
and from what I've read so far Archer is recommended by
someone that the current client knows ... he's not looked up
in the book or newspaper.
The Drowning Pool ... murdered matriarch The Chill ...
runaway bride Moving Target ... kidnapped millionaire The Far
Side of a Dollar ... runaway son kidnapped The Galton Case
... runaway son murdered The Wycherly Woman ... missing
daughter Black Money ... runaway girlfriend, etc.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"The dead are heavy, after all."
-Will Christopher Baer, "Penny Dreadful"
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> From:
RRandisi@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 6:12 AM
>
> << Who's the missing son or daughter in The
Drowning Pool? >>
> I agree. Macdonald gets a bad rap for only having
one plot and
> rewriting the same book.
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