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Summary: Very entertaining
Review: I think Vincent Lardo has done an excellent job in keeping the McNally's novels alive. The plot of this one is entertaining and keeps you guessing. I can't wait for the next one. Highly recommend!
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Summary: Exceptional - One of the Best Reads I've ever had!
Review: I've been following the exploits of Archie McNally since his first book by Lawrence Sanders. I was not entirely sold on Vincent Lardo taking over the reigns after Sander's death. If his last book was average, this book is exceptional in every way! One of the 2 best McNally books to date! Highly recommended!
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Summary: Exceptional - One of the Best Reads I've ever had!
Review: I've been following the exploits of Archie McNally since his first book by Lawrence Sanders. I was not entirely sold on Vincent Lardo taking over the reigns after Sander's death. If his last book was average, this book is exceptional in every way! One of the 2 best McNally books to date! Highly recommended!
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Summary: Lousy.
Review: Lawrence Sanders fans will note Mr Lardo does an excellent job of imitating Sanders' style, but somehow the story is less than the standard McNally tale. The introduction of a new love interest in policewoman Georgi girl is good. The main storyline is difficult to follow at times, and the added sub-story with Ty Beaumont is an unnecessary distraction which doesn't feel right. Overall, one never knows, do one?
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Summary: Mediocre, but pleasant
Review: Lawrence Sanders fans will note Mr Lardo does an excellent job of imitating Sanders' style, but somehow the story is less than the standard McNally tale. The introduction of a new love interest in policewoman Georgi girl is good. The main storyline is difficult to follow at times, and the added sub-story with Ty Beaumont is an unnecessary distraction which doesn't feel right. Overall, one never knows, do one?
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Summary: strong Archy tale
Review: Renowned collector Deci Fortesque hires Palm Beach private sleuth Archy McNally to find an alleged original complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayers. Archy quickly learns that Claudia Lester asserts that she possessed the manuscript, but her former lover Matthew Harrigan stole it from her. Matthew insists he took nothing and that Claudia is just a former lover causing him trouble.Antiques dealer Rodney Whitehead informs the sleuth that neither Claudia nor Matthew is credible not that Rodney is any better. The search turns nasty when the supposed owner of the Capote manuscript is found dead in the sleazy Crescent Hotel not long after Archy visited the place. Police Lieutenant Georgia O'Hara knows Archy is holding out on her, but he refuses to reveal anything that might interfere with completing his client's assignment as the fee is too good. When Lawrence Sanders died a few years ago and Vincent Lardo took over the McNally franchise, this reviewer howled about another series of lite books. Several novels later, this reviewer still howls that Mr. Sanders would have been proud to claim the Lardo books as his own. The latest MCNALLY'S ALIBI is a strong novel containing an intriguing investigative story line and three women making Archy's life miserable in different ways. Fans of Mr. Sanders, McNally, or a strong private investigative novel will want to read Mr. Lardo's latest take and like this reviewer demand early release of another Arch book ASAP. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Another fun Archy read.
Review: The arrival of a new Archy McNally is always a welcome event. While "McNally's Alibi" is the easily the most densely plotted of the eleven in the series, it still retains its "mystery-lite" quality and is great fun. It is a tongue-in-cheeky romp amongst the rich and infamous in Palm Beach. Highway Patrol Lt. Georgia O'Hara is introduced and is a character I hope will stay in the series. She is a much better paramour for Archy then the tedious Connie Garcia. Double dealing, double crossing, a sting operation as well as a counter sting revolve around the whereabouts of the original manuscript of a Truman Capote novel that an ardent rich collector desires. Archy and his excellent supporting cast sort out the truth and lies and save the day. A good time to be had for the reader.
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Summary: Lousy.
Review: This entry in the McNally Saga is a bit of a let-down -- especially coming right after Lardo's "McNally's Dilemma" which is probably the all time best McNally novel. In "McNally's Alibi" we get to see Archy take leave of his senses. The only time he seems to do anything right is in trying to pick up Officer Georgy O'Hara, which he does quite nicely. I agree with those who think Connie Garcea needs to take a hike. That one has outlived her welcome. It is time Archy got a new love interest. Hopefully what we saw in this novel won't happen again. If you really must read this book then do so. But borrow it from the local library instead of buying it and spend your money on something more worthy of your attention.
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Summary: A deficit of plot starves out the usual Archy McNally fun
Review: We'll start by admitting we have immensely enjoyed the ten prior novels in the Archy McNally series - including the seven written by (or at least during the lifetime of) Lawrence Sanders, and the three prior to this one by Vincent Pardo for the Sanders' estate. We'll also acknowledge up front we think Pardo has done a most credible job carrying on the qualities and personalities of the characters, as well as the tone and setting of these mysteries. Our trouble with this fourth Pardo outing is that all the action takes place in the first 40 and the last 40 pages of the book - leaving over 200 in between as pretty dry going. Once the initial crime takes place - a murder that occurs while Archy is playing delivery boy and getting mugged for his efforts - and the three suspects and their version of the "facts" get aired, nothing advances the solution of the crime until near the end when it all gets wrapped up. A weak and almost useless sub-plot involving a long unoccupied mansion that has ghostly overtones was a pretty silly attempt to use up ink. And the "romance" with Archy's girlfriend Connie Garcia, who has been actively dating a Miami Cuban, also tires as Archy tosses all book-long with what to do about her. The usual cast of supporting characters - cop friend Al Rogoff; law firm mail boy Binky Watrous; Father's secretary Mrs. Trelawney, and Father himself - did little more than add conversational filler to that long stretch in the books mid-section. In many of the chapters, some competition to Connie (for Archy) in the form of state trooper Georgy O'Hara was about the only entertainment at hand. McNally is a character who continues to make for fun reading - had this been a 100-page novella, we'd rate this right up with the best. But either much sharper editing, or a plot with more complexity or more sustained action, was needed to salvage this book from being anything but an also-ran in the series.
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Summary: Fun with Archie in Palm Beach--between girls and blackmail
Review: When confidential investigator Archie McNally is hired to deliver a blackmail payment, he figures it is money in the bank. But Archie hadn't been counting on ... Fans of Archie McNally will be overjoyed to see him back in action. His off-again-on-again relationship with the beautiful Connie is more off than on in this novel and Archie continues to battle with the question of his single status. That Archie got a little bit back from his co-workers and friends kept McNally's Alibi from being as smug or superior as some other novels in this series. Author Vincent Lardo delivers a fast-paced and enjoyable read. Archie's observations on the personalities of Palm Beach, Florida, the foibles of the rich, and Archie's own reasoning to wear another pink shirt add to the depth of the novel.
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