{"id":1994,"date":"2016-05-20T16:15:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T22:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2016-06-13T16:29:55","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T22:29:55","slug":"the-galton-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"The Galton Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Ross McDonald, originally published in 1959, Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996)<\/p>\n<p>This is another crime story featuring the detective, Lew Archer.\u00c2\u00a0 Unlike many of the detective shows on TV these days, Lew Archer has a dark side that comes out sometimes, typical of the Noir fiction genre.\u00c2\u00a0 The characters in the book aren&#8217;t very likable and there are some passages of violence where the author doesn&#8217;t hold back.<\/p>\n<p>This novel has an interesting plot, but the resolution of the mystery depends on a pretty far-fetched coincidence which is also typical of many mystery stories.\u00c2\u00a0 Even though it&#8217;s a bit dated, it\u00c2\u00a0is enjoyable to read and, if one is into crime stories, this book is certainly one that suffices.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"3 stars\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonld.com\/weblog\/wp-includes\/images\/stars-3-0.gif\" alt=\"3 stars\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ross McDonald, originally published in 1959, Vintage Crime\/Black Lizard; Reprint edition (November 26, 1996) This is another crime story featuring the detective, Lew Archer.\u00c2\u00a0 Unlike many of the detective shows on TV these days, Lew Archer has a dark <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/?p=1994\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,19,36],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-fiction","tag-historical-novel","tag-mystery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1995,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/1995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilsonld.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}