![]() Trelawney, and Father himself - did little more than add conversational filler to that long stretch in the books mid-section. The usual cast of supporting characters - cop friend Al Rogoff law firm mail boy Binky Watrous Father's secretary Mrs. And the "romance" with Archy's girlfriend Connie Garcia, who has been actively dating a Miami Cuban, also tires as Archy tosses all book-long with what to do about her. A weak and almost useless sub-plot involving a long unoccupied mansion that has ghostly overtones was a pretty silly attempt to use up ink. Once the initial crime takes place - a murder that occurs while Archy is playing delivery boy and getting mugged for his efforts - and the three suspects and their version of the "facts" get aired, nothing advances the solution of the crime until near the end when it all gets wrapped up. Our trouble with this fourth Lardo outing is that all the action takes place in the first 40 and the last 40 pages of the book - leaving over 200 in between as pretty dry going. We'll also acknowledge up front we think Lardo has done a most credible job carrying on the qualities and personalities of the characters, as well as the tone and setting of these mysteries. We'll start by admitting we have immensely enjoyed the ten prior novels in the Archy McNally series - including the seven written by (or at least during the lifetime of) Lawrence Sanders, and the three prior to this one by Vincent Lardo for the Sanders' estate. We'll also acknowledge up front we think Lardo has done a most credible job carrying on the qualities and personalities of the characters, as well as the tone and setting of thes A deficit of plot starves out the usual Archy McNally fun. When the supposed owner of the manuscript is found dead in a sleazy motel, the investigating officer, Georgia O'Hara, suspects Archy knows more than he's willing to admit about the murder, the manuscript, and its ardent pursuers composed of ne'er-do-wells and flimflam artists.moreĪ deficit of plot starves out the usual Archy McNally fun. ![]() And Rodney Whitehead, a shady antiques dealer, maintains that neither Claudia nor Harrigan is to be believed. ![]() ![]() Luscious Claudia Lester claims to have had the manuscript but declares that her lover, Matthew Harrigan, ran off with it a lover scorned, Harrigan says Claudia is lying. Luscious Claudia Lester claims to have had the manuscript but declares that her lover, Matthew Harrigan, ran off with it When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and rare manuscripts, hires Archy McNally to locate the Holy Grail of missing tomes-the complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayers-Palm Beach's premier P.I. When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and rare manuscripts, hires Archy McNally to locate the Holy Grail of missing tomes-the complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayers-Palm Beach's premier P.I.
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