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I need to add that - true to Archy's common modus operandi - the retrieval is achieved after seducing the thief and consummating a short affair with her. In this installment we meet the intrepid and suave Archy as he retrieves - 'steals back' would be a more proper term - a valuable baseball card from an ex-wife of McNally law firm's client. Sanders' death, and one day I will find courage to try one of the 'posthumous' novels.

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Vincent Lardo continued the series after Mr. (One cannot be sure about the authorship: the seven McNally novels are so much better than most other works by the author who used Lawrence Sanders' name that it is hard to imagine they were all written by the same person.) Mr. But boohoo! McNally's Puzzle (1996) is the last Archy McNally novel written by the original author, signed as Mr.

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I love reading this kind of prose, ornate, flowery, full of circumlocutions, puns, and even clever spoonerisms. But that I realized was an ignoble snivel and so, as the Reverend Spooner might say, I lirded my groins and phoned the Gottschalk residence.' I was tempted to delay a confrontation with Peter Gottschalk to another day. ' We all have our wonts, do we not, and one of mine is to dither when faced with a difficult decision. It was almost as if the author was running out of paper and had to get it ended then and now. The villain tried to kill Archy in the end and it just didn't make sense that that is what would happen. The only niggle was that it was summed up too fast. The plot was funny in parts and had a satisfying number of twists.

He needs to be kicked to the curb but not for this reason. His girlfriend, Connie is nowhere to be seen this time as she is mad at Archy for thinking 'dirty' thoughts. The first 25 pages were the same as the other books in the series. To round out the menagerie there is the housekeeper who could organize the military and the manager of the bird shop who makes Archy look slovenly. The son and heir is mentally unstable and the twin daughters are very twisted and not at all nice. The Gottschalk are to say it mildly dysfunctional.

He can not contact the police because there are no definite threats. *Portions of the content for this post were excerpted from, , and my personal readings.Wealthy bird shop owner, Hiram Gottschalk feels his life is threatened. The seven in the series written by Sanders as well as six continued by Lardo are entertaining, light humorous reading with some interesting mystery and intrigue on the side. There are thirteen books in the McNally series, seven by Sanders and six by Vincent Lardo, who took over the series following Sanders’ death in 1998: Despite his unorthodox approach to the clients and the investigation process, he always gets the job done. He conducts his investigations with a playboy approach injecting a great deal of wit and sarcasm.

Archy is the sole member of a division of the family firm entitled “Discreet Inquiries”. Archie’s father is a very prim and proper attorney catering to his wealthy Plam Beach clients. McNally serves as a private investigator for McNally and Son’s law firm and often works in tandem with Sergeant Rogoff. In addition to Archie McNally, the series features many recurring characters such as Sergeant Al Rogoff of the Palm Beach Police Department, Lady Cynthia Horowitz, Prescott McNally, Binky Watrous, Connie Garcia, and the Pettibone and Olson families. Recurring locales include the fictional Pelican Club, the offices of McNally and Son, as well as the estates of the McNally family and Lady Cynthia Horowitz. The McNally series is set in Palm Beach, Florida. McNally is a fictional private detective who is the protagonist in thirteen McNally novels. One of his most enjoyable series and my favorite is the Archibald “Archy” McNally series.

Delaney series The Peter Tangent series The Commandment series The Timothy Cone series The Archy McNally series and 17 stand-alone novels. The late Lawerence Sanders authored numerous series: The Edward X. Fortunately, many authors that I enjoy reading write their books with recurring main characters - in a series format. As I have posted on numerous occasions, I read a lot of series.

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