Capital Games
3 hours abridged
Chris Sarandon
When his son requires a
life-saving cure, the president of the
Guilty Pleasures
3 hours abridged
Boyd Gaines
Only Lawrence Sanders could have created this saga of a family that breaks all the rules--both God's and man's. Moving from the seventies to the nineties, Guilty Pleasures invites readers into the affluent arena of shocking acts and stunning revelations that is the South Florida world of the Folsby clan. Emmet Richard Folsby: Founder of a mighty publishing empire, a patriarch to be admired--with one unspeakable exception Constance Louise Folsby: Emmet's wife and cofounder of the empire, now an invalid dying by degrees--resolutely blind to the moral missteps of those she cares for Barbara Ann Folsby: The wildcat daughter--a fiercely ambitious businesswoman--inexorably lured to love at its most forbidden Brett Sherwood Folsby: The dashing playboy son, his sister's most bitter antagonist--and a man with sexual secrets of his own Through two decades, the Folsbys embrace their checkered destinies as Barbara and Brett battle for future control of the empire--never guessing that a trusted family friend with a hidden agenda is quietly manipulating them all. Lawrence Sanders's Guilty Pleasures flawlessly blends suspense and scandal to create a unique reading experience that jolts even as it fascinates.
Archy McNally Series
McNally's Alibi (Vincent Lardo) #11 4.5 hours abridged Boyd Gaines
When Decimus Fortesque, the millionaire collector of wives and rare
manuscripts, hires Archy McNally to locate the Holy Grail of missing tomes-the
complete text of Truman Capote's Answered Prayers-Palm Beach's premier P.I.
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 the supposed owner of the
manuscript is found dead in a sleazy motel, the investigating officer, Georgia
O'Hara, suspects Archy knows more than he's willing to admit about the murder,
the manuscript, and its ardent pursuers composed of ne'er-do-wells and flimflam
artists.
McNally's Luck
#2 3 hours abridged Mark Linn-BakerIn the sequel to McNally's Secret, playboy Florida sleuth Archy McNally's search for a purloined cat turns deadly when a prominent woman is brutally murdered. 175,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.
McNally's Gamble #7 3 hours abridged Boyd Gaines
One day, Edythe Westmore, a well-to-do widow, considers buying a Fabergé Imperial Egg and all hell breaks loose. Her children are displeased, her lawyer (Archy's father) is concerned, and Archy is up to his neck in intrigue.
McNally's Risk
#3 3 hours abridged Boyd GainesInvestigator Archy McNally agrees to handle a burglary case involving the theft of four valuable stamps for a Palm Beach society matron; from there he is led into a web of lies, sex, and blackmail. Murder is also involved, and Archy, who narrates the tale, has to sort out the scandal from the truth. A subplot involving Archy's affair with a beautiful antiques dealer may indicate his playboy days are over; he is suave and jaded but still capable of dropping names and bits of humor.
McNally's Secret #1
3 hours abridged
Investigator Archy McNally
agrees to handle a burglary case involving the theft of four valuable stamps
for a
McNally's Puzzle #6
3 hours abridged
Hiram Gottschalk is a wealthy widower, the owner of a bird store called Parrots Unlimited--and a man desperate to save himself from an unknown stalker. He hires McNally, who is convinced he'll soon return his client's life to order--but then Gottschalk is stabbed in his sleep, and two of his clerks are abducted and killed in the Everglades.