![]() ![]() Category: Fiction Crime ISBN: 0425185702. So it's up to Archy to find the fugitive family members before local gossips get wind of the story-and start pointing fingers at some of Palm Beach's most prestigious names. Archy McNally, a freewheeling playboy who specializes in Discreet Inquiries for the rich and not-so-discreet. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When bestselling romance author Sabrina Wright asks for Archy McNallys help in finding her missing husband, Archy is quick to write it off. That sent daughter looking for father, a Palm Beach blueblood who paid Sabrina handsomely for his anonymity. I enjoyed reading this Archy novel Vince Lardo seemed to capture the spirit and esscence of Lawrence Sanders. If only Sabrina hadn't told her adopted daughter that she really is her natural mother. Archy is the Son in the law firm McNally and Son, Attorney. But this one's a page-turner of the first order: Sabrina's daughter ran off, she sent her husband to find her, and now they're both missing in action. Archibald 'Archy' McNally is a fictional character created by bestselling novelist Lawrence Sanders.He is the protagonist of thirteen novels, seven by Sanders and six by Vincent Lardo, who took over the series following Sanders death in 1998. ![]() *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: When bestselling romance author Sabrina Wright asks for Archy McNally's help in finding her missing husband, Archy is quick to write it off as a simple domestic case. But, as McNally knows, things are rarely as simple as they seem. First in the series starring the sleuthing Palm Beach playboy from the 1 New York Timesbestselling and Edgar Awardwinning author McNallys Secret (The Archy. His latest assignment Solve a simple catnapping. In his off hours, he works as a part-time investigator for his father’s venerable law firm. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Archy McNally enjoys sipping late-night port with his girlfriend of the moment and tooling across southern Florida in his red Miata sports car. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Berkley Books, USA, 2002. ![]()
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![]() At which point you can say, “I watched it when it was NEW!” and feel super cool and in-the-know. It’s “almost there”-ness, if embraced by the horror community, could make it a “cult classic” in another decade. I can imagine Conjuring the Beyond being a feature on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs or on MST3K down the line. Or, if they wanted to keep ramping up the homages, they could use the moment to relate Edgar Allen Poe’s musings on how sleep is a “little slice” of death. With the theme of Wanda finding her footing and restarting her life after a brutal divorce, the tarot reading moment - and the Death card especially - could have been utilized to bring home those themes of drastic rejuvenating change. As someone who has been reading tarot cards for over 20 years, I visibly cringed so hard that my husband paused his work to ask if I was okay. ![]() Truly, the only thing that actually bugged me about the film was when a “spiritual” character does a tarot card reading and the Death card is used to represent literal death. I guess they needed to check the ‘boobies’ box for the money people, huh?” It was consensual, which I appreciated, but it was also like “Whoa. For example, I know I’m not the best at reading the room, but two characters start banging out of nowhere. What was that about?”Ĭonjuring the Beyond was a crazy mix of passion (you can tell the creators have watched, and love, horror movies) and ticking off horror movie trope boxes. It gives the movie a very, well, “dream-like” quality - you float from one vaguely cool concept to the next with barely enough time to say “Huh. ![]() It meant nothing to the plot.Īnd Conjuring the Beyond is chock full of half-formed ideas like that. They had an opportunity to conjure true terror here by combining both an extremely sensitive topic like the pandemic with the innate vulnerability that comes with the act of sleeping, especially for those who have known sleep paralysis first-hand. Too soon…” but the horror genre is known for pushing boundaries and tackling our most uncomfortable, most culturally relevant fears. It would have been so uncomfortably topical and eerie to run with that and do a deep dive into, say, a secondary “pandemic” of sleep paralysis demons. My mind went wild with the possibilities! There have been multiple studies done on how the coronavirus has inflicted people with nightmares and how said nightmares have continued to affect people’s lives long after they’ve recovered. So, to bring up such a raw subject in a horror movie, it MUST be important, right…? We ALL have our own pandemic-related traumas. Personally, the pandemic restrictions in my area made it so we were unable to visit a dying family member in the hospital and my own life-saving surgery was repeatedly delayed until I nearly wasn’t here to write horror articles for y’all. The pandemic is still a festering open wound for many of us. ![]() …But did Conjuring the Beyond conjure delight within this avid horror movie fan? When Conjuring the Beyond, a 2022 horror movie about a sleep paralysis study gone awry (out on iTunes/Amazon Prime Video/Google Play/Xbox/Vudu TODAY, September 13th!!) showed up in my inbox, I knew I had to be the one to watch and review it.Īs ’s editor, when a screener copy of an upcoming horror movie hits my inbox (so exciting!), I try to make sure the film is seen and reviewed by the person who’d be the best fit for the movie’s genre - I always want the movie and its creators to be given the absolute best chance of being loved (because that’s what all creative babies deserve – their very best chance!).Īs someone who has suffered from nightmares for the bulk of my life and has had bouts of sleep walking (and sleep eating), sleep talking, and – yes – occasional sleep paralysis episodes, I couldn’t wait to watch Conjuring the Beyond! The subject matter and the 90-minute runtime were both totally my jam… ![]() ![]() There’s the dystopian future angle, and the attention-grabbing title adding to the mystery of whether Batman is still Bruce Wayne (it couldn’t be - could it?), both of which I liked, but while this is an initially exciting story, as it goes on Paul Pope keeps readers at a distance from the characters and this world by revealing very little information about them. Year 100 is a very uneven book that I really wanted to like. In the course of finding the real killer, Batman discovers that there’s a doomsday weapon being sold on the black market by the (clearly corrupt) cops in charge. ![]() It’s also the first appearance he has made in public for years and people have forgotten his existence - is the mythological Batman real? He is nonetheless hunted by psychic cops, robot dogs, and other futuristic crime-fighting tools. A cop is killed and Batman is suspected as he was at the scene - an obvious frame job. It’s heavy and expensive, but quiet.Set in 2039 (100 years after Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27 in 1939), Gotham has become a police state and the overbearing authorities know everything about everyone. ![]() The Transformatic uses especially expensive and heavy transformers. I have had several others in my home since the Rogue - two Modwright solid states, a Transformatic, and an Ayre - none have shown any hum. It’s the difference between a lot of the higher end conpanies’ transformers and some of the lower end ones. He was telling me about the extraordinary process that the better Chinese transformers go through, including multiple baking processes to completely seal and silence the transformer from noise. I had a conversation one day with Steve Leung of VAS and Cayin Audio. So there is your evidence that the Rogue doesn’t hum in every home, just those with some dirty power issues. Jerry had zero hum with the unit - physically through the transformer itself or through the speakers. It’s worth noting that my exact unit was a review sample that Jerry Siegel reviewed. It was easy to hear from my listening chair 9 feet away. If you have any power issues, however, it can cause the transformers to physically hum, not necessarily through the speakers but from the unit itself. They probably operate without noise in many homes. The transformers Rogue uses are good quality, but not the best. BOTH amps had a significant amount of transformer noise in my system. If they did, I would not be doing my shopping there.Ĭlick to expand.I had a Stereo 90 Super Magnum, and then I had a Stereo 100. That is, unless the dealer had a no-return's policy in place. If I had spent about $12k in audio gear from a particular dealer, I would not be amused by their condescending behavior in this issue. The dealer in question should not be acting like they are doing their unsatisfied customer a favor in returning and changing out the CM II, with a more expensive amp from the same manufacturer. If I was paying retail or close to retail prices and I was not satisfied with my purchase, I would reasonably return it. I understand that some special sale "close-out" type merchandise may not be returnable, but should be stated as such. ![]() That is, unless they have a posted No-Return's policy, that is posted in the store and clearly printed on the receipt. If a customer is not satisfied with a purchase from them, he has every right to expect to return the unit back to them. The "high end" audio dealer, where the has spent roughly $12k with, is there to please their customer's. Get Rogue to contact the dealer first to arrange for this and for another unit for an advanced exchange. ![]() |