Vincent Lardo Books

The Hampton Affair is told in three voices: by Michael Anthony Reo, very south of the highway, thanks to the age-old skill of marrying well; Galen Miller, very north of the highway, a descendant of original East End farmers; and detective Eddy Evans, very much in the middle, both literally and figuratively. Michael is desperately trying to save his marriage, which is tied to his wife's fortune. Galen is desperately trying to save his stake in the family farm, suddenly worth a million bucks, from the clutches of his conniving stepmother (who also happens to be his mistress). And in this version of North and South, Eddy has to solve the mystery of who did what to whom -- and why -- while trying to win the affections of the one young lady in town who seems to have all the answers. Only she's not talking.Set in the Hamptons, playground of the rich, famous, and infamous, with a cast of charmingly devious and double-dealing characters, and a plot that pits the poor against the posh, The Hampton affair is a bracing martini of a thriller.

Claudia Lester is a blonde with a problem: she needs someone to give a blackmailer fifty thousand dollars. But when Archy wakes up with a bump on his head both Claudia and the money have disappeared. The other person who wants to find Claudia is Decimus Fortesque, an eccentric Palm Beach character known for his even more eccentric collecting habits. The fifty thousand dollars turned out to be his - and he thinks that Claudia may be in possession of both his money and a long-lost work by Truman Capote. When Fortesque offers to hire him to find Claudia, Archy can't resist - and falls over the first corpse in the case.

Román o Archy McNallym Detektivka, která se odehrává mezi příslušníky vyšší společnosti na Zlatém pobřeží na Floridě a je součástí volného cyklu o nekonvenčním vyšetřovateli. Archy McNally, mladý soukromý detektiv, pracující především pro seriózní advokátní kancelář svého otce na Palm Beach, pátrá po skutečné totožnosti dědice, který na Floridu přijel ujmout se svého majetku. Přitom se na jednom z luxusních večírků místní smetánky dostane k vraždě mladého bezvýznamného číšníka a brzy pochopí, že oba jeho případy navzájem úzce souvisejí a že odhalení skutečného pachatele se nebude mnoha lidem líbit.