The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouthwatering prospect Daily TelegraphMaude Slocum is in trouble But luckily trouble is Investigator Lew Archers businessA welldressed wealthy woman has arrived at Archers LA office having intercepted a poison pen letter accusing her of adultery Reluctantly agreeing to help her find the culprit he dives into the Slocums moneyed oilrich California world But when Maudes motherinlaw is found dead in the swimming pool secrets come to the surface too For the urbane worldweary Archer a case of blackmail soon becomes murder
