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Lawrence Sanders McNally's Chance (Archy McNally) [Mass Market Paperback]

Vincent Lardo (Author), Lawrence Sanders (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)


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August 6, 2002 Archy McNally
When bestselling romance author Sabrina Wright asks for Archy McNally's help in finding her missing husband, Archy is quick to write it off as a simple domestic case. But this one's a page-turner of the first order: Sabrina's daughter ran off, she sent her husband to find her, and now they're both missing in action.

If only Sabrina hadn't told her adopted daughter that she really is her natural mother. That sent daughter looking for father, a Palm Beach blueblood who paid Sabrina handsomely for his anonymity. So it's up to Archy to find the fugitive family members before local gossips get wind of the story-and start pointing fingers at some of Palm Beach's most prestigious names.



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Listen up, because this is complicated: Sanders stalwart Archy McNally is contracted by Sabrina Wright to look for her missing husband, who turns out not to be her husband and not the real missing person. That's Sabrina's daughter, born out of wedlock, put up for adoption, adopted by her own mother, and now looking for her real father somewhere in Palm Beach. Then Sabrina turns up dead. And that's just for starters. Note, in addition, the tricky double billing. Publishing can make for strange bedfellows.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"You''re only saddened when it ends." — The Palm Beach Post


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley (August 6, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425185702
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425185704
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, August 8, 2001
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nobizinfla "nobizinfla" (Windermere, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
Vincent Lardo's Archy McNally is feeling more and more comfortable to me. It's tough to take over for a writer as loved as Lawrence Sanders, but Mr. Lardo is up to the challenge.

This time Archy's parents are away on a cruise and his female love interest is barely seen. That certainly keeps those characters fresh for future Mcnally exploits, and seems a good ploy to me.

Even his crony in the Palm Beach Police Department has a lower than usual profile this time. Archy's pal Binky has the biggest part among the usual recurring characters, so we get to share his misadventures.

It's the usual lighthearted romp among the rich and infamous on the island of Palm Beach. Lots of setup and many a red herring along the way, punctuated with a fair share of laughs.

If you are looking for a deep and complicated hardboiled noirish mystery, look elsewhere...but if a little tongue in cheek and mystery-lite sounds like a good change of pace, then "McNally's Chance" is for you.

It is fast read and an enjoyable book from start to finish.

Enjoy this one.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars McNally Lives On, Even if Sanders Doesn't!, August 7, 2001
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Gerald M. Bull "Jerry Bull" (Fairview, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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Surely y'all know by now that Lawrence Sanders has been dead a couple of years at least, and yet out keep rolling the McNally series. From tiny fine print on the first, to his name on the cover of this one (the third), Vincent Lardo has to me done a very credible job carrying on our leading man for Sanders' estate. (I know one fan insists Lardo was ghost writing the series even earlier -- could be true for all I know...)

We have here the familiar trappings: Archie's three mile swims, cocktail hours, journal writing, almost more than we can take of his wardrobe analysis. But a decent enough plot with first one, then two, then three real villains kept me guessing til almost the end. And with his father out of town, and girlfriend Connie at bay for a change, we didn't get quite the heavy dose of sameness that would make the series boring.

I'm up for several more. And by the way, how come Robert Goldsborough, similarly "selected" by Rex Stout's estate, hasn't written any more Nero Wolfe's ?!?! Vincent, you game ??

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Vincent Lardo is Getting into the Groove with Archie!, July 27, 2001
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Bought the book and read it cover to cover in one sitting! I had mixed feelings that the Archie McNally series was taking a turn for the worse after reading the last Vincent Lardo book but he's getting more into the character. I can't give it five stars but four is hi praise from this avid series admirer.
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SABRINA WRIGHT. She was perched on a faux leather stool at Bar Anticipation looking exactly as she did in her author photo on the jacket of her latest bestseller, Desperate Desire. Read the first page
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Sabrina Wright, Palm Beach, Zack Ward, Bianca Courtney, New York, Robert Silvester, Lolly Spindrift, The Breakers, Casa Gran, Palm Court, Binky Watrous, Harry Schuyler, Thomas Appleton, Henry Peavey, Richard Cranston, Gillian Wright, English Oval, Ocean Boulevard, Troy Appleton, Simon Pettibone, Tom Appleton, Antony Gilbert, Discreet Inquiries, Hermioni Rutherford, Pelican Club
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