This collection includes two famous MacDonald novels - “The Striped Hearse” and “Death by Choice”. Two dangerous investigations of the writer’s favorite hero - the experienced private detective Lou Archer. The case of the disappearance of a wealthy heiress, kidnapped by a groom with a dubious reputation - and the case of a missing girl whom her inconsolable mother is trying to find. Starting the investigation, Archer is confident that he will quickly solve both cases. However, Lou soon realizes that this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the true motives of the crimes and their solution are hidden in the depths of the past. And penetrate them not so easy...