![]() Readers are advised to also check out Sanders’ other decidedly less foppish gumshoes, including Samuel Todd, Joshua Bigg, Dora Conti, Timothy Coneor, if you’re in the mood for something a bit pulpier, try out some of his pre- Anderson Tapes stuff with Wolf Lannihan. Kinky and slinky, this series may be fluff, but dammit! It was fun fluff! Way up.Īrchy is a bumbling but charming buffoon a mild-mannered Shell Scott-type with Woosteresque tendencies, he dresses nice and knows which type of fork to use, while his cases usually involve cocktails, chit-chat and more than a few bizarre murders. Yes, it’s yet another one of Sanders’ detectives catering to the rich and powerful, but in this series, the humour is played up. Laidback bon vivant ARCHIBALD “ARCHY” MCNALLY was the last, but he was also probably the most fun.ĭroll, detached upper class twit Archy works as a private investigator for his stern, august Palm Beach attorney father whose clientele consists of the wealthiest (and twisted) denizens of that exclusive Florida community. It detracts enough from the story to knock it down a star.The one-man publishing industry that was Lawrence Sanders (No, really! in the 70s and 80s, he was everywhere!), created more than one interesting private eye. The first is a mere plot device, not egregious, while the second is ridiculous and makes no sense whatsoever. Everything stands still and waits for Walter to be back in the game. He doesn’t act on its contents, he doesn’t tell his partner for whom he is doing all of it, nada. Yet he apparently does NOTHING with the document. Equally, at the end, the person who ends up with the document has it for six to eight weeks while Walter is otherwise engaged. He expects to be “thwarted” in his plans, and that he won’t be allowed to release the Confession, but it makes no sense he gives up the only copy to the random US FSO who shows at his office. He needed it in order to honour his client’s wishes, as he has for many years. In the first instance, a lawyer representing Lacey reveals to the Foreign Service Officer that he has the document and gives it to him. There are two giant plot holes in the storyline and chronology of events. An assassin with pluck and a mysterious powerful CIA fixer are great main characters in the story. ![]() Some want to protect him, and one hires Walter Sherman, aka The Locator aka The Finder, to hunt him down and find a safe place to keep him hidden. While the story could be historical, or more like the Da Vinci Code, Greener roots the story in a young Foreign Service Officer who is the one who receives the document. ![]() Including details about major events of the 20th Century, including the assassination of JFK. On the fourth day after his death, it is to be released. But the terms of his will are quite specific. The Lacey Confession is a document best kept hidden, or so many think. ![]() Whereas the first book read almost like a John Grisham novel, this second one seems like more of a Jeffrey Archer saga across the ages. When a rich and powerful man dies, leaving behind a lengthy and vengeful document of his life, many powerful forces move to capture the document before the document can be revealed to the public. ![]()
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