McNallys Trial by Lawrence Sanders

After two decades as a journalist, Lawrence Sanders turned to crime fiction, including his popular Archie McNally series.

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McNallys Trial by Lawrence Sanders


Features

  • Hardcover: 309 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.50 x 9.50 x 6.50
  • Publisher: World Pubns; (1999)
  • ISBN: 0399140069


    From Publishers Weekly
    Suggesting a morally bankrupt, sun-tanned Bertie Wooster, Archy McNally sleuths among Florida's well-heeled Palm Beach set in this lightweight crime series from the author of the Deadly Sins and Commandments thrillers. Archy, an occasional investigator for his stuffy lawyer father, here agrees to look into the sudden "uptick" in business that is worrying a pretty exec at the exclusive Whitcomb Funeral Homes. Too many people are dying, observes the woman, and being shipped up north in coffins. In between boozing, lying to his girlfriend and delivering sub-Wodehouse patter that lacks both wit and an anchoring value system, Archy and his gormless pal Binky Watrous investigate the likable old couple who own the funeral homes and their son and his wife, whose swinging lifestyle makes Archy's look tame. The trick of insinuating character eludes Sanders, who, if a woman dissembles or a doctor is stoned to the gills, hits us over the head with the facts. While an occasional few of Archy's quips are funny, Sanders's dialogue is mostly as stiff as the story's corpses. Literary Guild selection.
    Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.


    Book Description
    The engaging new mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of McNally's Caper!

    Death is an ugly business.

    As an investigator for his father's Palm Beach law firm, Archy McNally has discreetly handled scores of unusual cases for the firm's upscale clientele. But when Sunny Fogarty, the attractive comptroller for Whitcomb Funeral Homes, approaches McNally & Son to investigate an unexplained rise in her company's fortunes, Archy soon finds himself conducting a most peculiar investigation.

    It seems that an inordinate amount of the dead bodies handled by the Whitcomb homes are being shipped north for burial. As Archy searches for an explanation, he is sucked into the Whitcomb family's internal power struggles while his relationship with Sunny takes on new steamy dimensions. Confronted on all sides by characters with questionable motives, Archy smells a connection to the seedy side of Palm Beach society, and he must unravel the mystery before the pile of corpses grows any higher.

    With a colorful cast of characters and scintillating plot twists, McNally's Trial is another rollicking ride from the master of suspense. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

    Reader Reviews
    Throw the Binky away, July 28, 2003 Reviewer: Paul Skinner from Virginia Perhaps it's because I haven't been in a good mood lately, but this book wasn't up to the McNally series standard. New sidekick Binky Wautrous is annoying and incompetant. Please get rid of him Mr Sanders. The story never engaged me completely either. Who cares about some smuggling shenanigans involving funeral homes? --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition

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