McNally’s Folly: An Archy McNally Novel

Summary

South Florida’s premiere sleuth-about-town strikes again—in adeliciously daffy caper that takes a decidedly deadly turn.

When the Palm Beach Community Theater needs a director for itsproduction of Arsenic and Old Lace, Archy tosses his megaphone into thering. After all, Hollywood legend Desdemona Darling will lend her considerabletalents to the production. While resident grande dame Lady Cynthia Horowitzwants a little of the spotlight to fall on her latest live-in hunk, Buzz Carr,she has no intention of letting Buzz rehearse all day with the actress, who,like Lady C, has made marriage a cottage industry.

For poor Archy, there’s more drama backstage than onstage, and plentyof confusion everywhere, especially with the fuzzy-headed Binky Watrous servingas stage manager. And when an actor takes a sip of prop wine and drops dead,the Palm Beach police suddenly take a special interest in the local theaterscene.

In a play filledwith murders, only Archy can separate the actors from the genuine article andbring down the curtain on the latest and most enjoyable of McNally’s follies.