Lew Archer probes blackmail and a poolside murder amid a wealthy California family rife with greed, secrets, and moral decay.
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Lew Archer probes blackmail and a poolside murder amid a wealthy California family rife with greed, secrets, and moral decay.
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“Archer wasn't going anywhere with the case. The women in it were getting to him. The one who had married for money was out to show him how little it now mattered. The one who was being blackmailed didn't care how Archer saved her mockery of a marriage. The young girl was the worst; too innocent to be involved in this sordid tangle. Three beautiful women. They had a way of distracting Archer—even from murder.” 2nd in the Lew Archer series.
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Sexual content
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Adultery, blackmail over affairs; sensual tension; teenage daughter framed as seductive
Violence & gore
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Murder by drowning; violent escape from a hydrotherapy room; physical peril and mayhem
Profanity
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Mild period hardboiled language; occasional strong words
Substance use
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Recurring drinking typical of hardboiled detective fiction
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Not present in this realistic mystery
Occult / demonology
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Not present in this realistic mystery
Political content
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Corporate greed, environmental harm, and rich-versus-poor class conflict
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Family cruelty and hatred; blackmail; confinement in a bogus psych hospital
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