![]() Later in 1973, Delaney featured in The First Deadly Sin, which was also later filmed in 1980, where Frank Sinatra being the Delaney. It also resulted into a captivating movie, and thereafter, a stream of several novels that are approximated to be at least thirty, and majority of those books featured among the bestseller lists. Delaney that won the Edgar for the Best First Mystery Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. It was The Anderson Tapes that paved the way for the New York cop Edward X. But his notable breakthrough came when he published THE ANDERSON TAPES in 1970 and the subsequent film of the same in 1972. He began writing series of short stories featuring unsentimental insurance investigator Wolf Lannihan that appeared in the pages of novels like the Swank, the skin mag between 19. Sanders having worked as a journalist for over twenty years, working for some of the famous publications such as Mechanics Illustrated and Science in mechanics, but he made it clear that being a journalist was not his thing. Sander was ranked up there in terms of popularity with the great people like Stephen King, Danielle Steele and a few other newsstand rack superstars.ĭespite his massive reputation as the king of the detective novel, as a matter of facts, the best remembered recently for his foamy, sexy, padded paperbacks of technology, the peccadilloes of the high and mighty of this world, he was capable of writing some damn enjoyable, and even confrontational and prominent books in several crime genres, ranging from capers to thrillers, and even to police procedurals. Delaney, and Archy McNally and many others. Some of his famous series include the commandment, Edward X. He first worked as an editorial writer for a magazine and later switched to become a full time author of crime fiction. His writings were mostly based on crime fiction and mystery novels. He was born in 1920 and the sun set on him in 1998. He was born in Brooklyn in New York City. *After the death of Lawrence Sanders in 1998, Vincent Lardo was chosen by the Sanders estate to continue the McNally series.Lawrence is one of the world’s renowned authors that have ever lived. ![]() Over all - from what I've read so far, I'd recommend this series to anyone who likes fun, slightly fluffy, but genuine mysteries. It's possible that my patience for some of this will run out before the books do, but I doubt it - I'm pretty forgiving if the mystery is good. I'm about done hearing that Archy's father has his telephone books bound in leather. I'm on the third one now, and I'm still enjoying the series (I've been inspired to try several new cocktails) - but I will say, it's taught me a lesson in not belaboring those little details. He also generally trips across a body or two in the process. ![]() He handles all those unusual requests, and generally solves problems. Archy is the head (and sole employee) of the Department for Discreet Inquiries. The elder McNally is a lawyer with a stable of insanely wealthy clients who often make unusual demands of him. His family is reasonably wealthy, and he occupies a suite of rooms on the third floor of his parents house. It's got everything I love: A great main character, fun sidekick, colorful guest characters, good mystery, interesting detective work, and a lot of little details that bring Archy to life.Īrchy is a 37 year old bachelor who lives in Palm Beach, Florida. McNally's Secret is the first book of the series, and I'll tell you, I was hooked. The series turned out to be the Archy McNally series, by Lawrence Sanders (and later, Vincent Lardo) After that, it was pretty easy to track down, thanks to the internet. He just knew he'd read these great books once upon a time.įinally, over Labor Day weekend, he finally remembered "McNally". He's been telling me about this series for AGES - how much he loved it, how funny it was, how much he liked the main character.the only thing he couldn't tell me was the name of the author, the titles of the series, or the name of the main character. Parker, Rex Stout, John Sandford, Sue Grafton, and others. My dad shares my same love of series mystery, and we're both big fans of Robert B. I'd be curious to know if anyone reading has already heard of these books, and what you think. I have a fun new discovery - new to me anyway. ![]()
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