Now, Lawrence Sanders's most popular character, playboy sleuth Archy McNally, returns in an enticing new novel of sun and sin in Palm Springs--where the rich count their schemes before they're hatched. Well-to-do widow Edythe Westmore has announced her intent to invest a large part of her fortune in a Faberge Imperial egg. Horrified, her children argue against the financial risk--and enlist Archy's services to put the kibosh on the deal. But when the sleuth sticks his nose in the widow's business, the whole case begins to smell like a rotten egg, but much harder to crack.