pp 294 hardback with paper dust jacket both in very good condition; clean pages; previous owner's sticker inside front cover; light blue board with gold title on navy spineIn the wake of a murder during a prestigious tennis benefit, Archy McNally investigates the identity of Lance Talbot, who he suspects may not be a true heir to a recently deceased Palm Beach dowager duchess and whose questionable relationships draw links to a double murder. Malcolm MacNiff’s annual Tennis Everyone!fundraiser is the high point of the Palm Beach season. But the glittering A-list event hits rock bottom when a waiter is found floating face down in the pool. Archy McNally instantly suspects foul play. No sooner are his fears confirmed than he has another mystery to solve. Society’s abuzz over the recent arrival of Lance Talbot from Switzerland to claim his half-billion inheritance from his grandmother’s estate, but some claim that Talbot’s a fraud. It falls to McNally to sift through the clues and uncover a murderous scam that stretches from the snowy Alps all the way to sunny Florida