The dowager duchess of Palm Beach dies, leaving behind a fabulous fortune and a handsome young heir—and Archy McNally is left trying to figure out who's who.
When a young waiter working Malcolm "Nifty" MacNiff's annual Tennis Everyone! benefit is found dead in Nifty's otherwise pristine swimming pool, it's Archy McNally, south Florida's most famous Discreet Inquirer, who rushes in to salvage the town's reputation and solve the unfortunate crime. Palm Beach is already in a tizzy over the arrival of its newest millionaire, Lance Talbot, just in from Switzerland to claim his inheritance after the demise of his grandmother.
Poor Jeff Rodgers has barely been pulled from the water when Palm Beach's rumor mill goes into overdrive. Why has Dennis Darling, crack reporter for Bare Facts magazine, descended on the fair island? Just how did handsome Lance escape that avalanche that took his mother's life, and brought him back to his Florida family? And just who is the alluring Baroness Holga von Brecht, the well-preserved woman on Lance's arm whose ageless features have Palm Beach matrons lusting after her beauty secrets? When an old school chum of Holga's is made redundant, Archy works overtime to snare a double murderer.
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"These are absolutely my FAVORITE books of all time. The characters are FANTASTIC. I am glad the series continues to live even though Mr. Sanders has passed away. " — Michelle (5 out of 5 stars)
"These are absolutely my FAVORITE books of all time. The characters are FANTASTIC. I am glad the series continues to live even though Mr. Sanders has passed away. "
“ Archy McNally is a raffish combination of Dashiell Hammett's Nick Charles and P.G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster. ”
“ McNally is as amusing and rich as Dorothy Sayer's great creation of Lord Peter Wimsey. ”
“ Lardo continues the series in superb style.”
“ Talented mystery writer Vincent Lardo takes the engaging character invented by Lawrence Sanders on a tongue-in-cheek tour of Palm Beach high society. ”
" The McNally books are always fun to read... although this is the first I've read that wasn't written by Lawrence Sanders. I could tell the difference. Not bad, but it was there. "
" So I've read a few of the McNally books and I've just got to say....OMG this book was boring. I found myself just waiting for something to happen that was remotely interesting. The plot line was thin and it was poorly written. I'd never recommend. "
" Quick read and always entertaining. "
" fun but not up to Block or many others language but plot was good "
" These are absolutely my FAVORITE books of all time. The characters are FANTASTIC. I am glad the series continues to live even though Mr. Sanders has passed away. "
Vincent Lardo is the author of The Hampton Affair and The Hampton Connection, as well as novels in Lawrence Sander’s Archie McNally series, including McNally’s Dilemma and McNally’s Folly. He now lives in the Hamptons, after a successful career in advertising and public relations.
Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998) was an American novelist and short story writer, author of the Edward X Delany series, the Archy McNally series, and the Commandment series, and a number of other standalone novels. More than a dozen of his novels made the New York Times bestsellers list. He received an Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1971. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he worked as a magazine writer before becoming a full-time fiction writer.
Boyd Gaines is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and an actor whose many film credits include Second Best, I’m Not Rappaport, Heartbreak Ridge, Fame, and Porky’s. He’s won two Tony Awards for performances in the The Heidi Chronicles and the musical She Loves Me. On television he has appeared in A Woman Called Jackie, A Son’s Promise, and in the popular series One Day at a Time.
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