When a young man is found dead in the pool of one of South Florida''s most prominent citizens, Archy McNally rushes in to salvage reputations and solve the possible crime. But Palm Beach''s rumor mill is already in overdrive. So is a killer who''s just beginning. "Archy McNally is a raffish combination of Dashiell Hammett''s Nick Charles and P.G. Wodehouse''s Bertie Wooster."—New York Times Book Review "McNally is as amusing and rich as Dorothy Sayer''s great creation of Lord Peter Wimsey."—Cosmopolitan "Lardo continues the series in superb style."—Tennessean