A mysterious collector, a missing manuscript, and a troika of lovely ladies challenge Archy McNally, Palm Beach's premier man-about-crime. When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and rare manuscripts, hires Archy to locate the Holy Grail of missing tomes - the complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayer - Archy uncovers nothing but scandal. At the same time, his favourite girl, Connie Garcia, is being courted by the dashing Alejandro Gomez Zapata. Should Archy lose Connie, there is a lady in uniform ready to fill the void ... if only Archy can keep track of who's who among this felonious band of ne'er-do-wells!
"A mysterious collector, a missing manuscript, and a troika of lovely ladies challenge Archy McNally, Palm Beach's premier man-about-crime. When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and rare manuscripts, hires Archy to locate the Holy Grail of missing tomes - the complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayer - Archy uncovers nothing but scandal. At the same time, his favourite girl, Connie Garcia, is being courted by the dashing Alejandro Gomez Zapata. Should Archy lose Connie, there is a lady in uniform ready to fill the void ... if only Archy can keep track of who's who among this felonious band of ne'er-do-wells!"@en
"When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and manuscripts, hires Archy McNally to locte 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 that neither Claudia nor Harrigan is to be believed."
"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 that neither Claudia nor Harrigan is to be believed."@en
"Hired to locate the complete text of Truman Capote's "Answered Prayers," Archy McNally encounters a series of dead ends before finding the manuscript's owner murdered in a sleazy motel."
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