A playboy PI becomes entangled with passion, murder, and unabashed greed in these three adventures by aNew York Times-bestselling author. Privileged bachelor Archy McNally enjoys sipping late-night port with his girlfriend of the moment and tooling around South Florida in his red Miata sports car. Only occasionally does he get around to doing actual work as a part-time investigator for his … doing actual work as a part-time investigator for his father’s law firm. In these three witty novels, he’s paid to make discreet inquiries for Palm Beach’s elite–who are rarely what they seem.
McNally’s Secret: When Lady Cynthia Horowitz’s priceless 1918 US airmail stamps go missing from her plantation-style mansion, McNally unearths a shocking secret that could expose his own family’s skeletons. His search thrusts him into a thickening maze of sex, scandal, blackmail, and murder.
McNally’s Luck: McNally’s latest assignment is a simple catnapping. But, as McNally knows, things are rarely as simple as they seem. Soon, the case of the missing foul-tempered, overweight Persian morphs into the murder of a prominent Palm Beach woman. And when McNally uncovers a chilling connection between the two cases, he’s plunged into a psychological game of cat and mouse.
McNally’s Risk: Checking out the background of a wealthy client’s prospective daughter-in-law should be easy–but when the people around Theodosia Johnson start being killed off, McNally must expose the murderer. Theodosia herself is the biggest mystery though. And as she sets out to seduce McNally, he’ll have to orchestrate his own scam to uncover the truth.
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I really enjoyed these books, of course this was a rereading from many years ago but they lived up to how I remembered them with the added benefit of reminding me of the time they were written in. These books held up over time which is not something all books I have reread do
This is such a fun series! I wish there really was an Archie McNally! Fast reading and oh so entertaining…love them!
Predictable. Every volume is similar.
I loved the Archie McNally books. Lawrence Sanders is a gifted writer and this book series was outside his normal writing. To go from tense drama and action to funny and witty. I admire this author and love Archie.
Fun book, interesting characters, great vocabulary used (new words to learn).
Easy, light reading.
Archy is a favorite of mine.
Light reading with lots of words that are uncommon and rarely used in normal conversations. Maybe an attempt to make the reader think there’s more substance than exists in meaningless repetition of daily routines??
Fun read.
I loved all of MC Nallys books quick reading very enjoyable