Lawrence Sanders McNally's Alibi (Archy McNally)

Lawrence Sanders McNally's Alibi (Archy McNally) by Lardo, Vincent. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780425191194.

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 Capotes Answered Prayers—Palm Beachs 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 OHara, suspects Archy knows more than hes willing to admit about the murder, the manuscript, and its ardent pursuers composed of neer-do-wells and flimflam artists.