Chapter 24 Summary

Archer arrives at a rundown pink house on Lorenzo Drive hoping to find Harold Sherry but is greeted at the door instead by a tired looking woman. The woman is Harold's mother and she immediately assumes that Archer has come about her son but is hesitant to talk to the private detective until he tells her that Harold has been wounded. Mrs. Sherry lets Archer in and he asks to see a recent picture of Harold to confirm whether he is indeed the one who shot Jack Lennox. Mrs. Sherry becomes pale and agitated when Archer tells her that Harold is the man who was shot and that he in turn shot Jack Lennox. She goes on to tell Archer about the Las Vegas episode and how Jack Lennox ruined Harold's life after that.

Archer continues to fill Mrs. Sherry in on recent...