![]() ![]() I had read all of his 'Deadly Sins' books, but I was not familiar with the McNally series," Lardo explained. "I obviously knew who the late Lawrence Sanders was. Would Lardo like to take over the Archy McNally series that author Lawrence Sanders, who died in 1998, had made popular? Lardo hesitated. That same year, while working on a sequel, "The Hampton Connection," his agent called with a once-in-a-lifetime offer. The weekly newspaper East Hampton Star published one chapter of his book, "Two Holes of Water." An agent saw it, contacted Lardo, and "Two Holes" became "The Hampton Affair," published by Putnam Press in 1999. Once again, Lardo tried the mainstream literary market and began work on a mystery set in the Hamptons. He and his partner, Bob Evans, a department store buyer, who died in 1999, moved from Manhattan to Amagansett where they had a second home. After they were published, Lardo retired from Burson-Marsteller, the public relations arm of the well-known advertising agency Young & Rubicam. The three novels provided a foundation for the accolades that followed. ' China House' was published in 1986 followed by 'The Prince and the Pretender' and 'The Mask of Narcissus.' "īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. Voilà, I had an offer from Alyson Publications. "I went back to the word processor, killed the protagonist's wife and gave him a gay son. "As a gay man, I wondered what would happen if I changed the story to appeal to that market," he said. Instead of giving up, he retooled his characters and came up with a winning formula. "I sent my first book, a 'mainstream' mystery to a number of publishers who rejected it." "In the '80s, when word processors came out, I used to close my office door for lunch and write," he recalled. Lardo's road to success had some detours he began writing novels on his lunch hour while working for an advertising firm. Lardo is a very low-key guy, despite his six New York Times bestsellers. Not familiar with that last name? Not surprising. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Nelson DeMille and Vincent Lardo. Long Island is known for its ties to literary heavyweights. ![]()
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