Chapter 15 Summary

Archer heads for the freeway and Santa Monica but first tops off at the restaurant on the pier near where he first saw Laurel. The restaurant is closed but a cook in the back tells Archer that the owner, Blanche, doesn't come in until ten. As Archer leaves the restaurant he sees Captain Somerville and several other men in suits heading towards an unloading dock. The morning news says that Lennox Oil is planning a major clean up of the spill.

In Santa Monica Archer heads for Joseph Sperling's tailor shop to investigate the origin of the dead man's tweed suit. The area is rundown and almost abandoned looking. Joseph Sperling is a small man with wire-rimmed glasses as curly gray hair. Mr. Sperling does remember Ralph Mungan and is sorry to hear about his death. Joseph tells Archer about how he met...