When her books begin to lose all contact with reality and become cliche-ridden, twenty-eight-year-old suspense novelist Jannie Shean plots a Manhattan jewelry store caper to provide the basis for a new novel. Told that her latest book lacks reality, a mystery writer decides to set up a robbery to gain authenticity. With the help of a bookish friend and a shady character she plans a sham theft but it becomes a fact and the plotters are running for...

On the Gold Coast of Florida, playboy investigator Archy McNally is called in to retrieve some priceless stamps that have been stolen.

The Palm Beach sleuth tries to find a thief—and a killer—among a rich, eccentric family, in this New York Times bestseller. Archy McNally, the parttime investigator and fulltime bon vivant,takes on the curious case of a thief with exquisite taste within the eccentric Forsythe family. Griswold Forsythe II wants to know which greedy, conniving relative is making off with the family treasures, including an original...

In the sixth book in Lawrence Sanders's bestselling Archy McNally series, a twisting tale of sizzling family secrets proves that murder isn't just for the birds       Hiram Gottschalk, owner of the Palm Beach shop Parrots Unlimited, fears for his life. First, he finds a photo of himself and his deceased wife slashed to ribbons; then, a Mass card with his name on it is taped inside of his closet door; now, someone has wrung the neck of his beloved...

New York Times bestseller: A mystery “full of twists and turns” set among the elite society of Palm Beach (Library Journal).
 
The Palm Beach tennis season starts off with a bang when a pro is shot by his wife after she catches him with another woman. For Archy McNally, private investigator to the rich and infamous, the case seems open and shut. The killer, twice-married socialite Melva Williams,...

When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and manuscripts, hires Archy McNally to locate the Holy Grail of missing tomes, the complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayers, Archy 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...

Damaged Portland detective Archie Sheridan spent ten years tracking Gretchen Lowell, a beautiful serial killer, but in the end she was the one who caught him. Two years ago, Gretchen kidnapped Archie and tortured him for ten days, but instead of killing him, she mysteriously decided to let him go. She turned herself in, and now Gretchen has been locked away for the rest of her life, while Archie is in a prison of another kind—-addicted to

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Another heaping helping of thrilling tales from the mind of Bob Bolling, along with hysterical slapstick tales by Dexter Taylor. Included is a new tale by Bolling called "Dragon of Doom": Mad Doctor Doom and Chester are back to bad 'ol tricks, this time using a giant dragon fly to steal armored cars! It's up to Little Archie, Chic, and Kimberly to stop the dastardly duo!

Traveling is a way of life for this jet-setting rich girl, and now you can relive some of Veronica's most memorable journeys in this collection. In addition to seeing all the great historical sites and tourist attractions, Veronica's been known to get involved with mysteries and adventures - not to mention a local boy or two! Thrill to the Eiffel Tower in France! Marvel at the Colosseum in Rome! Tour a Bollywood studio in India! Scale the heights...