McNally's Alibi |
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Author:
| Lardo, Vincent Sanders, Lawrence |
Series title: | An Archy McNally Mystery Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-58724-344-8 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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Imprint: | Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $30.95 |
Book Description:
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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. uncovers nothing but scandal. 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 and Rodney Whitehead, a shady antiques dealer,...
More DescriptionWhen 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. uncovers nothing but scandal. 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 and Rodney Whitehead, a shady antiques dealer, maintains that neither is to be believed. When the supposed owner of the manuscript meets with misadventure in a sleazy motel, and Archy awakens with a baseball-sized bump on the head, there is no end to the finger-pointing.