Then the poet's wife is murdered, the poet appears to commit suicide, and Archy puts his life on the line when he becomes the bagman to deliver the ransom for a cat nobody misses except its owner. Pursuing two seemingly unrelated discrete inquiries-one regarding a catnapping ransom for a "fat Persian with vile disposition," : 1 ) the other a series of threatening letters sent to the rich wife of a poet whose first book is called "The Joy of Flatulence," : 28 )-Archy spots a link: both the ransom note and the letters were created by the same word processor. But when that dealer is murdered, Archy is plunged into a mystery that will end with suicide, a broken heart, and learning a family secret that he would have liked not to have known about. With a tip from Palm Beach Police Department Sergeant Al Rogoff, Archy speaks to a stamp dealer willing to inquire as to whether the potentially purloined stamps are for sale. No cynical hardboiled dick, Archy (not "Arch," which is more adjective than name) : 278 McNally drives a red Mazda Miata ("one of the first in South Florida" : 5 ), stays in shape by swimming two miles along the Atlantic shore in the late afternoons : 49 ), dresses per local custom ("this is South Florida, where everyone favors pastels") : 2 ), favors frozen daiquiris "from the June solstice to the September equinox," : 3 ) and tries to limit his consumption of English Oval cigarettes : 52 ) as he adds daily notes to his private journal : 11 ).Īrchy investigates the disappearance of four rare Inverted Jenny stamps from the estate of McNally and Son client Lady Cynthia Horowitz. Expelled from Yale Law for a youthful indiscretation that involved streaking in a Richard Nixon mask, : 4 Archy McNally is a self-described "bon vivant, dillettantish detective, and the only man in Palm Beach to wear white tie and tails to dinner at a Pizza Hut." : 2 : 4 Archy is employed as a private investigator for the firm's clients, often working in tandem with Sergeant Al Rogoff. Thirty-six years of age when the series begins, : 1 Archy lives in his parent's home (a "third floor suite: bedroom, sitting room, dressing room, bathroom" : 11 ) and is the head (and sole member) of the firm's Discreet Inquiries department. Archy is the Son in the law firm McNally and Son, Attorney. ![]() ![]() He is the protagonist of thirteen novels, seven by Sanders and six by Vincent Lardo, who took over the series following Sanders' death in 1998. Archibald "Archy" McNally is a fictional character created by bestselling novelist Lawrence Sanders.
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