McNally's Gamble

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Summary: Lawrence Sanders does it again. Another great Archy story.
Review: Lawrence Sanders has a unique ability to convey the lifestyles of the rich to paper in a believeable fashion. His vivid descriptions of meals and wines, with just a hint of snobbery, are superb and have me wishing I were partaking of the victuals along with the characters. The story itself is up to the usual outstanding plot that Sanders (and McNally) fans have come to expect. I've read every one of the McNally series books and always look forward to the next. (The included vocabulary lessons in the stories are a plus). Don't miss reading the series and include this one.

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Summary: McNally at it again!
Review: McNally's Gamble provides yet another fun and witty Discreet Inquiry, chock full of Archy's illustrious wit and humor, as well as a clever storyline. Unfortunately, it offered fewer suprises than previous McNally jaunts and the villian was ever-so obvious. Still, it delivered what I expected and had hoped for -- a witty tale full of boisterous fun, eyebrow-raising espacades, a few more notches in the bedpost, and plenty of stops at the Pelican club. Not the best, but worth the addition to your McNally anthology.

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Summary: McNally at it again!
Review: McNally's Gamble provides yet another fun and witty Discreet Inquiry, chock full of Archy's illustrious wit and humor, as well as a clever storyline. Unfortunately, it offered fewer suprises than previous McNally jaunts and the villian was ever-so obvious. Still, it delivered what I expected and had hoped for -- a witty tale full of boisterous fun, eyebrow-raising espacades, a few more notches in the bedpost, and plenty of stops at the Pelican club. Not the best, but worth the addition to your McNally anthology.

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Summary: Call me fluffy-headed
Review: So these aren't deep. Who cares. I go for fun where I can find it; and Archy is a fun dude. I wish there was a Pelican Club nearby. Just the other day I met a Consuela that goes by the nick "Connie." She was enchanting.

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Summary: Not as good as others in this series but still a good read.
Review: The characters just aren't as interesting as in the other McNally books

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Summary: A B-List Jeeves
Review: The late Mr. Sanders owes a great deal to P.G. Wodehouse whose Jeeves stories are the style source for Archie McNally, Palm Beach playboy and scion in a stuffy law office. Sanders enjoys the same deft wordplay and skewed insights that make Jeeves and Bertie such a pleasure to follow. This novel has a colorful set of characters ranging from louche to larcenous and a nimble plot. It even has a Pelicans (read: Drones) Club where, as expected, the staff is brighter than the membership. A fast read and diverting.

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Summary: Is Archie Slowing Down?
Review: The latest in this Lawrence Sanders series shows Archie to be up to his old tricks. But Archie and his tricks are getting predictable. Don't get me wrong, Sanders is one of my favorite authors. I just think that Saunders has wrung Archie dry and needs a new venue

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Summary: Archy McNally just keeps getting better and better!
Review: The more I read the McNally series, I don't understand why they haven't been snapped up to be made into movies. With McNally's Gamble, once again I can see actor Nathan Lane as bon vivant Archie! And also his mother and his father! This book was worth waiting for. I look forward to each and every McNally read I can get my paws onto. Better than Sanders other works

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Summary: You've already known the scam & victim before started
Review: The problem of McNally's series is that when you read along, the scam, the conmen, the murder and the victim are all so clearly put on Sanders' buffet table, you just walk along to taste them with the flavours you're already too familiar. The 19th century's character, McNally, is just a guy who can't stop all the bad things happening but to predict even manipulate them to happen in accordance with what he(or you, the reader) already so readily ascertained. This is the worst kind of mystery written for brain dead people. If a story you've already known WHO, WHAT, WHEN, HOW, THEN...SEE? I'VE ALREDY TOLD YOU IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER LIKE THIS. Then, it's just a toilet literature for those who got nothing to do with their lives.

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Summary: A bit pedestrian but still ok.
Review: The trick here is not to emulate Travis McGee who is far too free-wheeling with his sex drives. There is still hope for McNally. Except for his petty weaknesses McNally did ok in this novel. The trick is taking him with a grain of salt. If you can't do that read some other sleuth.