Archy mcnally movie9/17/2023 ![]() ![]() If you haven't read any of Sandford's books, start now. (I thought I saw him name somewhere as a Producer). Even though I don't consider myself a purist, Eric LaSalle has taken way too many liberties in adapting this great novel to suit his needs/wants. Who? Little things keep bugging.Īrchy's snappy combacks, unusual wardrobe, and ability to mingle with the Palm Beach elite keeps the pace going and the surprising revelations of family secrets coming.If you are a fan of John Sandford's awesome Prey novels, you will NOT like this movie. That Melva didn't kill her husband, but she is covering up someone. Meanwhile, Archy feels that there is more to this murder. She is quite the temptation to Archy, but she is a friend's daughter and he is to keep her from the media circus. The 'child' is a stunning blue-eyed blonde of about 20 named Veronica. He does have a reputation as a philanderer and she knows it, but this time it was in their house, so boom! The lady wants Archy to keep her stunning daughter away from the press and away from it all. There is the dead body in the house and the story is she found him in disarray with another woman. She is claiming to have murdered her husband. This time 'round, Archy McNally is called on by Melva, an old friend. It has been quite a while since I've read one of the McNally books and I'd forgotten that I get a giggle and enjoy them. Still, it is a good story with plenty of twists and red herrings and I'm sure that how McNally figures it all out is similar to how Sanders had him do so. I kept reading but was always wondering if Sanders wrote the character the same way. The cover of the book promoted this as Lawrence Sanders McNally's Dilemma but it was written after Sanders' death. The story is interesting and Lardo is a good writer but I just couldn't get fully into it. But it isn't as simple as that - Archy's unofficial fiancee is seeing red about his attentions to Veronica.Īny other sleuth would be wondering how he got himself into this tight jam but its just another day and another case for McNally. Private investigator Archy McNally is in the thick of things - as usual I suspect - he's helping out Melva Williams, a rich society woman who has shot her husband when finding him in a compromising situation, and been hired to track down a blackmailer who is threatening to tell the world about how the founder of a rich family dynasty escaped death on the Titanic.Īnd as this is a McNally story, Archy is bewitched, bothers and bewildered as he tries to shield Melva's daughter Veronica from the press following her mothers actions. It isn’t one where you are given enough to solve the case.īook 8 will be the furthest that I go in this series, but you may feel different. Don’t feel bad if you can’t guess the guilty party. This is nowhere more clear than in his love life which hardly rings true to the non-introspective rascal that we have come to expect. The problem is that Archy is not quite Archy. The book has a decent plot that hits all the aspects of Archy’s character noted above. It’s only on the back of the title page in its tiniest print that Putnam’s Sons reveal that this was published a year after Sanders’ death with Vincent Lardo chosen to carry on in his place. This is the eighth book in Sanders’ series, or at least the first edition that I picked up at the used bookstore would have you believe. He is vain often, superficial a social butterfly a cad a devotee of the pursuit of the opposite sex and, less than truthful in many of his relationships. ![]() What we derive are laughs, knowing smiles, a intricate plot with memorable characters and (surprisingly) empathy for Archy despite the following: Sanders successfully walks a very fine line between insipid details (of food, clothing, wine, cars, etc.) and outright burlesque. Father McNally is head of a local law firm and the son, Archy, a Yale failure, is responsible for the firm's “discreet inquiries.”Įducated at the proper Ivy League schools, the McNally family fits in as the well-to-do vassals of the Palm Beach nobility. ![]() This is where McNally & Son have chosen to serve their clientele. Then, there was still a lot of the old money around and the need to fit in to a society that those recently rich could only aspire to. Let's go back about a quarter of a century to THAT Palm Beach, Florida - The one that Donald Trump was so anxious to be accepted into. ![]()
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